Neubiberg Air Base

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Neubiberg Air Base
Neubiberg Airfield Aerial.jpg
Characteristics
Coordinates

48 ° 4 '27 "  N , 11 ° 38' 15"  E Coordinates: 48 ° 4 '27 "  N , 11 ° 38' 15"  E
Height above MSL 551 m (1808  ft )
Transport links
Distance from the city center 8 km southeast of Munich
Basic data
opening 1933
Start-and runway
07/25



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The neubiberg air base is a former air base in the south of Munich.

location

The air base is in the area of ​​the communities of Neubiberg and Unterhaching . The western part of the runway crosses the Munich – Salzburg motorway , which runs through the Neubiberg tunnel built for this purpose .

history

The airfield was opened under the name Flugplatz München Süd in 1933 and military aviation training was carried out by the German Air Sports Association . Between 1935 and 1945 the airfield was used by the Luftwaffe . The following table shows a list of selected active flying units (excluding school and supplementary units) of the Wehrmacht Air Force that were stationed here between 1940 and 1945.

From To unit equipment
November 1939 December 1940 III./ZG 26 (III. Group of Destroyer Squadron 26) Messerschmitt Bf 110
March 1942 May 1942 I./ZG 1 Messerschmitt Bf 110
May 1943 June 1943 I./JG 77 Messerschmitt Bf 109G-4 trop , Messerschmitt Bf 109G-6 trop
September 1943 December 1943 IV./JG 3 Messerschmitt Bf 109G-6
August 1943 December 1943 II./JG 51 Messerschmitt Bf 109G-6
September 1943 May 1944 I./JG 301 Messerschmitt Bf 109G-6
January 1944 April 1944 II./ZG 76 Messerschmitt Bf 110G-2
April 1944 April 1940 III./JG 26 Messerschmitt Bf 109G-6
June 1944 September 1944 I./NJG 6 Messerschmitt Bf 110G-4
August 1944 September 1944 II./KG 26 Junkers Ju 88A-17, Junkers Ju 88A-4 LT
December 1944 February 1945 Rod, 1., 2./FAGr. 5 (Staff, 1st and 2nd squadron of long-range reconnaissance group 5) Junkers Ju 290A-5, Junkers Ju 290A-7
December 1944 April 1945 V./NJG 2 Junkers Ju 88G-6
January 1945 April 1945 IV./NJG 6 Junkers Ju 88G-6
February 1945 April 1945 III./NJG 6 Messerschmitt Bf 110G-4
February 1945 April 1945 2./FAGr. 1 Junkers Ju 188
April 1945 April 1945 TGr. 30 (transport group 30) Junkers Ju 88A-4

After the Second World War, the airfield was first as Airfield R.85 and later under the name Neubiberg Air-Base a base of the United States Air Forces in Europe . The base was from October 1950 to November 1952 the home base of the F-84E equipped 86th Fighter Bomber Wing . Between 1952 and 1955, Neubiberg Air Base served in phases as an alternative location, first for RF-80 and later for C-119 , whose home base near Toul (France) was still being expanded. The Bundeswehr took over the base in 1958 and relocated the Air Force officers' school to Neubiberg.

On the occasion of the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich , the Federal Armed Forces administration expanded the airfield to relieve the Riem airport for the general air traffic associated with the games. For the corresponding charter was airbase Fuerstenfeldbruck rebuilt.

To make room for the newly founded University of the Bundeswehr in Munich , the officers' school moved to the Fürstenfeldbruck air base in 1977. The Lufttransportgeschwader 61 was also stationed here from 1958 to 1971, and from 1971 to 1977 the Neubiberg Air Base Group, which was replaced by the Neubiberg Air Base Squadron , which existed until 1991. Between 1971 and 1973 a flight teaching group was also active in Neubiberg.

The Bavarian police helicopter squadron used the airfield until October 1998 , before they moved to Munich Airport in Erdinger Moos. Another user until 1997 was the Munich Aviation Club, whose flight operations were relocated to Neubiberg after the closure of Munich-Oberwiesenfeld in 1968 and were originally supposed to end at the end of 1985.

Motorsport

Between 1962 and 1974 (not every year; 1970 was the 5th race) the Neubiberg airfield race was held on different dates . The track length was around 5700 and 5750 m respectively and was homologated for touring cars , but also for sports cars , Formula 2 and Formula 3 racing cars .

It was not one of the championship runs, but was popular with amateur drivers and also attracted heavily motorized prototypes. and well-known drivers at Rosi Mittermaier celebrated victory in a celebrity race in MAHAG Formula V here in 1970 . The organizer was the AC Dachau with the participation u. a. by Sepp Greger .

Incidents

  • On February 19, 1947, a Douglas DC-3 / C-47A of the United States Air Force had an accident while landing at Neubiberg Airfield in changing winds. The machine (registration number 42-93723) was destroyed. The only passenger was killed, the crew of three survived.
  • On November 22, 1950, a United States Air Force Fairchild C-82A package crashed at Neubiberg Airfield. The machine (registration number 45-57743) was destroyed.

Todays use

Former runway in the Hachinger Tal landscape park

The Hachinger Tal landscape park was created on the southern part of the site . The concrete runway has largely been preserved and is part of the park.
At the eastern end of the runway, the Neubiberg community's new cemetery was created, a crossing ( enclosure ) of the former runway for the state road ST 2078 and some residential buildings were built.
The northern part of the site is used by the Bundeswehr University, is fenced in and can only be entered through the gates.

literature

  • Uwe Spindelmann: Neubiberg Air Base . Ed .: Neubiberg Air Base - Barracks Commander. Süss-Druck, Moosburg 1969, DNB  996656006 .
  • Günter Soltau: Neubiberg Air Base as reflected in German aviation history . Aviatic Verlag, Oberhaching 2005, ISBN 3-925505-84-9 .

Personalities who were here at times

Web links

Commons : Fliegerhorst Neubiberg  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Henry L. deZeng IV: Air Force Airfields 1935-45 Germany (1937 Borders) , pp 464-466 , accessed on 1 March 2020th
  2. ↑ Major order for the Bundeswehr administration. In: Defense. Organ of the Society for Military Studies. Vol. 26, Verlag Europäische Wehrkunde, 1972, p. 403.
  3. ↑ Homepage of the Munich Aviation Club
  4. ^ Die Zeit, December 7, 1990: "23 Years of Noise: Eternal Only Temporarily"
  5. ↑ http://www.formula2.net/FJ62_IndexE.htm
  6. ↑ https://www.filmothek.bundesarchiv.de/video/584934?set_lang=de
  7. ↑ http://touringcarracing.net/Races/1969%20Neubiberg.html
  8. ↑ http://www.speedweek.com/vermischtessonstiges/news/14143/Sepp-Greger-gestorben.html
  9. ↑ accident report DC-3 42-93723 , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on May 15, 2017th
  10. ↑ Joe Baugher: USAF serials , accessed May 15, 2017.
  11. ^ Accident report C-82A Packet 45-57743 , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on May 15, 2017.
  12. ↑ Joe Baugher: USAF serials , accessed May 15, 2017.
  13. ↑ www.stripes.com, April 13, 1951: "Ike inspects Air Force bases, GIs"
  14. ↑ www.stripes.com, April 1952: "Gen. Eisenhower inspects an F-84E jet, 1952"
  15. ^ City of Munich, Chronicle 1949