Oranienburg Airfield
| Oranienburg Airfield | |||
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| Characteristics | |||
| Coordinates | |||
| Height above MSL | 35 m (115 ft ) | ||
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| Distance from the city center | 3.2 km southwest of Oranienburg, approx. 25 km northwest of Berlin (center) |
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| Basic data | |||
| opening | 1935/36 (closed) | ||
| surface | 363 ha | ||
| Runways | |||
| 16/34 (1945) | 2200 m × 52 m concrete | ||
| 16/34 (1990) | 2500 m × 52 m concrete | ||
The Oranienburg airfield was located in an area north of Berlin , which is bordered by Oranienburg in the east and Leegebruch in the west . It was built from 1936 to 1939 and used until 1945 by the Heinkel-Werke Oranienburg as a company airport and by the Wehrmacht Air Force .
history
In World War II
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 1939 and 1945 during the Second World War .
| From | To | unit | equipment |
|---|---|---|---|
| November 1939 | 1944 | Experimental site for high-altitude flights | |
| 1940 | January 1943 | 4th / Aufkl.Gr.Ob.dL (4th Squadron Reconnaissance Group Commander in Chief of the Air Force) | |
| February 1943 | 1945 | 1., 2./Versuchsverband Ob.dL | |
| February 1944 | April 1945 | 3./Versuchsverband Ob.dL | |
| July 1944 | July 1944 | Sonderkommando Götz | |
| November 1944 | April 1945 | Night hunting test squad Ar 234 | Arado Ar 234 |
| March 1945 | March 1945 | Staff / Battle Squadron 1 | |
| March 1945 | April 1945 | Staff / Combat Squadron (J) 30 | Messerschmitt Bf 109G |
In April 1945 the airfield was completely destroyed by an air raid.
After the Second World War
After the Second World War , the still intact Heinkel works were almost completely dismantled by the Soviet occupying forces. However, the runway of the works airfield was repaired and used as a military airfield by the Soviet air forces until 1994 . In the 1950s there were the front bomber Ilyushin Il-28 , in the 1960s the target actor IL-28BM and transport aircraft Antonov An-8 and since the 1970s the 239th helicopter regiment with helicopters of the type Mil Mi-2 , Mi-6 , Mi-8 and Mi-24 stationed.
Since the reunification
Since 2003, the new construction of the federal highway 96 has used most of the runway as a route for the western bypass of Oranienburg. The Cologne retail group REWE began building a logistics center there in November 2010 . It was put into operation on September 29, 2011.
IFE Eriksen AG built a solar park on an additional area of 17 hectares. 33,200 solar modules have been producing up to 7.8 megawatts of electricity since August 2011.
literature
- Stefan Büttner: Red places . Russian military airfields Germany 1945–1994. Fliegerhorste – Aerodorme – Military fallow areas. Ed .: Lutz Freundt. AeroLit, Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-935525-11-4 , pp. 116 .
- Jürgen Zapf: Airfields of the Air Force 1934–1945 - and what was left of them. Volume 1: Berlin & Brandenburg . VDM, Zweibrücken 2001, ISBN 3-925480-52-8 , p. 230 ff .
- Lutz Freundt: Soviet Air Force Germany 1945–1990. Volume 2 . Airfields (part 2) and units. Self-published, Diepholz 1998, ISBN 3-00-002665-7 , p. 25th ff .
Web links
- Rene-Martin Tudyka: Search for traces II. In: renemt.de. January 14, 2007, accessed October 25, 2009 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Henry L. deZeng IV: Air Force Airfields 1935-45 Germany (1937 Borders) , accessed on August 28, 2014
- ^ Lutz Freundt: Soviet Air Force Germany 1945-1994. Airfields (part 2) and units. Volume 2. Edition Freundt Eigenverlag, Diepholz, 1998. ISBN 3-00-002665-7 . P. 37
- ↑ Jürgen Liebezeit: Logistics center put into operation moz.de, September 25, 2011.
- ↑ Projects IFE Eriksen, accessed on August 22, 2018.