Mackfitz Air Base

Lotnisko Makowice Mackfitz Air Base
Characteristics
Coordinates	53 ° 45 '38 "  N , 15 ° 17' 2"  E Coordinates: 53 ° 45 '38 "  N , 15 ° 17' 2"  E
Height above MSL	35 m (115  ft )
Transport links
Distance from the city center	4 km south of Płoty / Plathe
Street	(earlier )
Basic data
opening	1938/39
operator	Private (formerly Air Force)
Start-and runway
11/29	1640 m × 30 m asphalt

The airbase Mackfitz was an air base of the Air Force of the Armed Forces near the village Makowice / Mackfitz at Plathe in the former province of Pomerania . Today's airfield , Lotnisko Makowice , is about halfway between Gryfice / Greifenberg and Nowogard / Naugard in northwest Poland .

history

German time

The air base was rebuilt as a field airfield between 1937 and 1938 and then expanded to the port of operations I. The runway was grassy.

In the south of the air base there was a large aircraft hangar and other functional buildings. The I./ZG 1 was the first airborne unit to be stationed here from August 1939 . With her Messerschmitt Me 110C she took part in the attack on Poland from here . From 1940 to 1945 various pilots' schools and an airborne rifle school were also housed here.

The following table shows a list of selected active flying units (excluding school and supplementary units) of the Air Force that were stationed here between 1939 and 1945.

From	To	unit	equipment
August 1939	September 1939	I./ZG 1 (I. Group of Destroyer Squadron 1)	Messerschmitt Bf 110C
December 1944	February 1945	II./SG 1 (II. Group of the battle squadron 1)
March 1945	April 1945	Parts of 3./SG 9 (3rd squadron of battle squadron 9)

Polish time

In March 1945, Soviet troops occupied the area of ​​the air base. In 1945 Mackfitz was renamed Makowice and is a district of Płoty in the Polish Koszalin Voivodeship, since 1999 West Pomeranian Voivodeship .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Henry L. deZeng IV: Air Force Airfields 1935-45 Germany (1937 Borders) , pp 415-416 , accessed on September 23, 2014.