Wormditt Air Base
| Lotnisko Orneta Air Base Wormditt |
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| Characteristics | |||
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| Height above MSL | 63 m (207 ft ) | ||
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| Distance from the city center | 50 km north of Olsztyn / Allenstein | ||
| Street | 28 km to (earlier )
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| opening | 1940 | ||
| closure | Early 1990s | ||
| operator | formerly German Air Force , Soviet Air Force | ||
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| 06/24 | 2000 m of asphalt | ||
The airbase Wormditt was an air base of the Air Force of the Armed Forces about three kilometers northwest of Orneta / Wormditt in what was then East Prussia and the present Polish Warmia and Mazury . The airfield, in Polish Lotnisko Orneta , was used by the air forces of the Soviet Union during the Cold War . After the withdrawal of the Soviet troops, the airfield was closed.
history
German time
The air base was rebuilt in 1940. The runway was grassy. The first flying unit to be stationed here in June 1941 was II./KG 77 , which took part in the German-Soviet War from here . From 1939 to 1945, various pilot training schools and the 33 pilot training regiment were also housed here.
The following table shows a list of all active flying units (excluding school and supplementary units) of the Air Force that were stationed here between 1941 and 1945.
| From | To | unit | equipment |
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| June 1941 | June 1941 | II./KG 77 (II. Group of Kampfgeschwader 77) | Junkers Ju 88A |
| April 1942 | April 1942 | KGr. z. b. V. 600 (combat group for special use 600 (transport aircraft)) | Junkers Ju 52 / 3m |
| April 1942 | April 1942 | KGr. z. b. V. 700 | Junkers Ju 52 / 3m |
| April 1942 | April 1942 | KGr. z. b. V. 800 | Junkers Ju 52 / 3m |
| July 1943 | March 1944 | III./KG 77 | Junkers Ju 88A-4 |
| May 1944 | June 1944 | III./KG 40 | Focke-Wulf Fw 200C-8 |
| June 1944 | September 1944 | NSGr. 1 (Night Battle Group 1) | Heinkel He 46 , Arado Ar 66 , Gotha Go 145 , Focke-Wulf Fw 58 , Junkers W 34 , Junkers Ju 87 |
| August 1944 | September 1944 | 4. (F) / Enlightenment group 14 (4th season of long-range reconnaissance group 14) | Junkers Ju 188F-1 |
| August 1944 | October 1944 | Stab, I., III./NJG 5 (Stab, I. and III. Gruppe des Nachtjagdgeschwader 5) | Messerschmitt Bf 110G-4 |
| January 1945 | January 1945 | II./SG 1 (II. Group of the battle squadron 1) |
Polish time
On February 2, 1945, Soviet troops occupied the area of the air base. The place has been called Orneta since 1945 and belongs to the Polish Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship . The Soviet air force used the airfield until the early 1990s. The site has been deserted since then.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Henry L. deZeng IV: Air Force Airfields 1935-45 Germany (1937 Borders) , pp 711-712 , accessed on August 29, 2014.