Chernyakhovsk military airfield
The Chernyakhovsk military airfield ( Russian аэродром Черняховск ) is a Russian military airfield near Chernyakhovsk in the Kaliningrad Oblast . Insterburg Air Base was located here from 1936 to 1945 .
history
The air base was established in the mid-1930s on the site of a civil airfield that had existed since 1928. When the air base command moved in on October 1, 1936, military flight operations officially began. There were five large aircraft hangars on the southern border of the air base, while a large repair hangar stood west of the runway. There were also other farm and accommodation buildings in the south. Reconnaissance Group 111 was the first airborne unit to be stationed here from October 1936. From 1939 the Insterburg Stuka school was located here, which was later renamed Stukaschule 1. The BFS 7 (blind flight school) and later the BFS 9 was also located here since November 1940.
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 | equipment |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 1936 | September 1937 | Enlightenment group 111 (Recon Group 111) | Heinkel He 45 , He 46 |
| November 1938 | April 1939 | Is G. 160 (I. Group of Sturzkampfgeschwader 160) | Henschel Hs 123 , Junkers Ju 87B |
| May 1939 | October 1939 | Is G. 1 | Junkers Ju 87B |
| July 1941 | August 1941 | II./JG 53 (II. Group of Jagdgeschwader 53) | Messerschmitt Bf 109F |
| September 1941 | October 1941 | II./KG 1 (II. Group of Kampfgeschwader 1) | Junkers Ju 88A |
| April 1942 | May 1942 | III./KG 1 | Junkers Ju 88A-5 |
| January 1943 | July 1943 | IV./NJG 5 (IV. Group of Night Squadron 5) | Junkers Ju 88C-6 |
| August 1943 | May 1944 | V./NJG 5 | Messerschmitt Bf 110G-4 |
| July 1944 | August 1944 | III./SG 2 ( III.Group of the battle squadron 2) | Junkers Ju 87D-5 |
| August 1944 | September 1944 | Staff, III./SG 1 | Focke-Wulf Fw 190F-8 , Fw 190G-8 |
| August 1944 | September 1944 | I./SG 10 | Focke-Wulf Fw 190F-8 |
| September 1944 | October 1944 | Staff, I./SG 4 | Focke-Wulf Fw 190F-8, Fw 190F-3, Fw 190G-8 |
| November 1944 | January 1945 | III./JG 51 | Messerschmitt Bf 109G-6, Bf 109G-14 |
| January 1945 | January 1945 | Staff, II./JG 1 | Focke-Wulff Fw 190A-8 |
On January 22, 1945, Soviet troops occupied the area of the air base. Insterburg, which was renamed Tschernjachowsk ( Russian Черняховск ) in 1946 , has belonged to the Russian Kaliningrad Oblast since 1945 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Henry L. deZeng IV: Air Force Airfields 1935-45 Germany (1937 Borders), pp 304-306 , accessed on September 18, 2014.
Coordinates: 54 ° 36 ′ 25.1 ″ N , 21 ° 47 ′ 50.4 ″ E