Dedelstorf airfield
The former Dedelstorf airfield was a military airfield near Dedelstorf in the Gifhorn district in Lower Saxony during the Third Reich and in the post-war period .
history
Dedelstorf became a garrison town for the first time in 1936 and was given an air base .
The following table shows the complete list of all active flying units (excluding school associations) of the Wehrmacht Air Force that were stationed here between 1937 and 1945.
| From | To | unit |
|---|---|---|
| August 1939 | September 1939 | I./KG 55 (I. Group of Kampfgeschwaders 55) |
| December 1939 | April 1940 | IV. (Stuka) / LG 1 (IV. (Sturzkampf-) group of training squadron 1) |
| March 1944 | November 1944 | II./KG 200 |
| September 1944 | March 1945 | I./KG 66 |
| November 1944 | December 1944 | I./JG 11 (I. Group of Jagdgeschwader 11) |
| December 1944 | December 1944 | 14./KG 200 (14th Squadron of Kampfgeschwader 200) |
After the end of the Second World War, the British Air Force of Occupation continued to use the area that the Allies referred to as Airfield B.155 for a short time. In the summer of 1945 Tempest V fighter bombers of the 135th Wing (squadron) were lying here . The Bundeswehr no longer used the airfield.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Henry L. deZeng IV: Air Force Airfields 1935-45 Germany (1937 Borders) , pp 118-119 retrieved on August 28, 2014
Coordinates: 52 ° 42 ′ 51 ″ N , 10 ° 30 ′ 35 ″ E