Pitomnik
Pitomnik was one of the three airfields in the so-called Stalingrad Basin . After the 6th Army was encircled by the Soviet armed forces, it served next to the Basargino airfield and the Gumrak auxiliary airfield for supply flights by the air force .
A total of 550 aircraft were lost on these flights to and from Stalingrad in the course of the boiler battle . This corresponds to about a third of the machines used. Nevertheless, the supplies for the trapped soldiers were never sufficient.
Pitomnik airfield fell into Soviet hands on January 16, 1943. After that, it was only possible to fly out of the boiler via the Gumrak makeshift airfield.
The airport no longer exists. In its place there are agricultural areas.
literature
- M. Sagorulko and others: Stalingradskaja bitwa, July 1942 – February 1943: enziklopedija . Volgograd 2007, ISBN 9785923306248 .
Coordinates: 48 ° 44 ′ 33 ″ N , 44 ° 15 ′ 0 ″ E