Kitzingen Airport
| Kitzingen Air Base Kitzingen Air Base Kitzingen Army Airfield Heliport |
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| Characteristics | |
| ICAO code | EDGY (formerly ETIN) |
| Coordinates | |
| Height above MSL | 203 m (666 ft ) |
| Transport links | |
| Distance from the city center | 2.4 km east of Kitzingen |
| Basic data | |
| opening | 1917 |
| operator | Luftsportclub Kitzingen eV |
| Start-and runway | |
| 06/24 | 1315 m × 30 m concrete |
The Kitzingen Army Airfield is a special airfield near Kitzingen - Around Hausen . Military flight operations took place on the site of today's airfield as early as 1917 . In the period before and during the Second World War it was used by the Air Force and then until almost two decades after the end of the Cold War it was used by the US Army . There is now only civil use.
history
The air base in Kitzingen of the Wehrmacht Air Force was established in 1934. In 1935, the air base command began its service. In the north of the air base there were two very large, four large and one medium aircraft hangars . In the northwest corner and behind the hangars there were utility and accommodation buildings. From 1939 the Stukaschule Kitzingen was housed here. By November 1944, different aviation schools, with a focus on dive fighter pilots and night fighters , took turns occupying the space. The Fliegergruppe Kitzingen was stationed here as the first active flying unit from 1935. 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 1935 and 1945.
| From | To | unit | equipment |
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| 1935 | April 1936 | Fliegergruppe Kitzingen | |
| April 1936 | April 1939 | Is G. 165 (I. Group of Sturzkampfgeschwader 165) | Heinkel He 51 , Arado Ar 65 , Henschel Hs 123 |
| May 1939 | July 1939 | Is G. 51 | Junkers Ju 87B |
| November 1939 | February 1940 | Staff and I./KG 2 (Staff and I. Group of Kampfgeschwaders 2) | Dornier Do 17Z |
| March 1940 | May 1940 | I./KG 3 | Dornier Do 17Z |
| November 1941 | February 1942 | III./StG. 2 | Junkers Ju 87R |
| October 1941 | March 1942 | I./ZG 26 (I. Group of Destroyer Wing 26) | Messerschmitt Bf 110 |
| December 1941 | January 1942 | III./KG 77 | Junkers Ju 88A |
| April 1942 | May 1942 | Staff, III./KG 76 | Junkers Ju 88A |
| April 1943 | July 1943 | II./KG 76 | Junkers Ju 88A |
| December 1944 | May 1945 | Staff / NJG 6 (Staff of the Night Fighter Squadron 6) | Messerschmitt Bf 110 |
| January 1945 | March 1945 | II./KG(J) 54 | Messerschmitt Me 262A |
Immediately after the end of World War II until 1947, the USAAF operated the airfield as the Advanced Landing Ground "R-6 Kitzingen" before the US Army took it over. Over the turn of the month of April / May 1945, the 405th Fighter Group of the Ninth Air Force of the USAAF, equipped with P-47 , lay here for a few days .
It was referred to as Army Air Force Station Kitzingen until 1981. In 1981 the main user, the 3rd Combat Aviation Battalion, was relocated to Giebelstadt , and the airfield was henceforth called the Kitzingen Army Airfield Heliport . It served as a purely military airfield until the US armed forces withdrew in 2007 . The barracks was called Harvey Barracks from 1951 and was the location of the 3rd and later the 1st Infantry Division .
Todays use
In the meantime it is a special airfield operated by the local air sports club.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b flugplatz-kitzingen.de
- ↑ Henry L. deZeng IV: Air Force Airfields 1935-45 Germany (1937 Borders) , pp 339-341 , accessed on September 19, 2014.
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