Poznań-Bednary Airport

Poznań-Bednary Airfield Tonndorf Air Base
Characteristics
ICAO code	EPPB
Coordinates	52 ° 32 '5 "  N , 17 ° 12' 57"  E Coordinates: 52 ° 32 '5 "  N , 17 ° 12' 57"  E
Height above MSL	113 m (371  ft )
Basic data
opening	1940
operator	Aeroklub Poznański im. Wandy Modlibowskiej Lotnisko Kobylnica
Start-and runway
10/28	2299 m × 30 m asphalt

The airfield Poznan-Bednary is an airport near the place Bednary northwest, 24 kilometers from Poznan (dt. Poses ). It was established in 1940 as a military airfield Tonndorf by the Air Force of the Armed Forces created.

history

Tonndorf Air Base opened in 1940. The runway was grassy. Since October 1941, various pilot schools were on the field. From July 1944, active airborne units were also stationed here.

The following table shows a list of all active flying units (excluding school and supplementary associations) that were stationed here between 1944 and 1945.

From	To	unit	equipment
July 1944	October 1944	I./KG 55 (I. Group of Kampfgeschwaders 55)	Heinkel He 111H-11 , Heinkel He 111H-16, Heinkel He 111H-20
July 1944	September 1944	II./KG 55	Heinkel He 111H-16
October 1944	January 1945	III./KG 4	Heinkel He 111H-16, Heinkel He 111H-20
January 1945	January 1945	13. (Pz) / SG 9 (13th squadron of the battle squadron 9)	Henschel Hs 129B-2 , Henschel Hs 129B-3

The airfield has been in Poland since 1945 and is now part of the Bednary municipality in the Poznański powiat (Poznan district) in central Poland in the Greater Poland Voivodeship . The airfield is still in operation and used for sport aircraft.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Henry L. deZeng IV: Luftwaffe Airfields 1935-45 Poland , p. 54 , accessed December 22, 2019.