Schwäbisch Hall-Hessental airfield
Schwäbisch Hall-Hessental airfield |
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| Characteristics | |
| ICAO code | EDTY |
| Coordinates | |
| Height above MSL | 398 m (1306 ft ) |
| Transport links | |
| Distance from the city center | 2 km east of Schwäbisch Hall |
| Local transport | bus |
| Basic data | |
| opening | 1935 |
| operator | Schwäbisch Hall Airport |
| Runways | |
| 10/28 | 1540 m × 30 m concrete |
| 10/28 | 750 m × 30 m grass |
The airfield Schwäbisch Hall (also: Adolf Würth Airport ) is a German airfield at Schwäbisch Hall in Baden-Wuerttemberg . The airfield was named after the entrepreneur Adolf Würth and is operated by the Würth Group .
The Schwäbisch Hall-Weckrieden airfield is located 700 m north of this with a grass runway. The two airfields are the only ones in Germany that are connected by a taxiway . Aircraft on the ground can use this taxiway to taxi from one airport to the other. Since the taxiway leads over a public road, there is an intersection on the road that is secured with barriers . The barriers can be operated by the flight control.
use
The airfield is approved for aircraft up to 14 t maximum take-off weight (with prior approval up to 28 t), helicopters , motor gliders , gliders , balloons , parachutists , hang-gliders and ultralight aircraft . It is used by regional companies as a business airport and by local clubs for air sports. Scheduled or charter flights are not offered.
Directions
The airfield can be reached with line 5 of the Schwäbisch Hall city bus, Flugplatz stop. By car you drive from Schwäbisch Hall to the east in the direction of Altenhausen (Tüngental).
history
The airfield Hessental was around 1935 as part of the air base established in Schwäbisch Hall Hessental. From May 1, 1939, the II. Group of Kampfgeschwader 53 was based here. On July 30, 1940, the IV (supplementary) group of Kampfgeschwader 51 was established here . The Luftwaffe also stationed bombers, reconnaissance aircraft and fighters (including Me 262 ) here. The final assembly of these machines was carried out in a camouflaged factory nearby.
The following table shows a list of selected active flying units (excluding school and supplementary units) of the Wehrmacht Air Force that were stationed here between 1936 and 1945.
| From | To | unit |
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| April 1936 | January 1938 | III./KG 155 ( III.Group of Kampfgeschwader 155) |
| April 1937 | April 1937 | II./KG 355 |
| May 1939 | September 1939 | II./KG 53 |
| October 1939 | January 1940 | III./KG 76 |
| January 1940 | January 1940 | II./KG 55 |
| February 1940 | May 1940 | III./KG 53 |
| December 1941 | January 1942 | Parts of the II./St.G. 1 |
| May 1942 | May 1942 | I./JG 53 (I. Group of Jagdgeschwader 53) |
| April 1943 | July 1943 | III./KG 100 |
| July 1944 | September 1944 | 9./ZG 26 (9th Squadron of Destroyer Wing 26) |
| August 1944 | September 1944 | I./KG 40 |
| August 1944 | November 1944 | II./KG 51 |
| September 1944 | April 1945 | II./NJG 6 |
After the air base was partially destroyed in 1944/45, it was rebuilt by the US Army and used as Dolan Barracks until 1993. From 1994 onwards, the regional industry expanded into a private airfield.
In 2004, the runway was expanded to 1540 meters and its orientation was changed from 08/26 to 10/28 in order to keep incoming and outgoing traffic away from inhabited areas.
Web links
- Official site of the operator
- Article about the history of the air base from the Third Reich until today
- Article about the history of the air base from the Third Reich until today
literature
- Michael Sylvester Koziol: Armaments, War and Slavery. The Schwäbisch Hall-Hessental air base and the concentration camp. A documentation (= research from Württembergisch-Franken. Vol. 27). 2nd, revised edition. Thorbecke et al., Tübingen et al. 1989, ISBN 3-7995-7626-6 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Henry L. deZeng IV: Air Force Airfields 1935-45 Germany (1937 Borders) , accessed on August 29, 2014.
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