Paderborn Airfields
 

I am writing a article about Helmut Lent for a newspaper, but can' t get arround with Lent's last flight. It was referenced that Lent flew to Paderborn. Which airfield did he try?

Via google i can' t find infos about Paderborn airfields, not even on the wikipedia pages.

What i know is that there was a airfield at the so called Luftpark Paderborn. But there were also two Flugfelder very close to Paderborn, but i couldn' t find their names and not even the locations. Does anybody know more details?

Re: Paderborn Airfields
 

For Paderborn Airfield search Google(maps) under 51 41N,08 46E the site of the airfield is to the east of the Cementworks towards Haxterberg. Only a small strip is still in use, the book Fliegerhorste has a plan of the airfield, but not much now remains.

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Thanks Brian,

you mean the new build (1972) Airport Paderborn (district Haxterberg) was build on the old grounds of the WWII airfield? What was the name of this Airfield in WWII? All what i have is "Luftpark Paderborn".

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Hi,
For this and similar questions I can thoroughly recommend:
"Fliegerhorste" by K. Ries and Wolfgang Dierich ISBN 3-613-01486-6 from where the attachment is scanned.
The book is a collection of RAF Intel airfield drawings, unfortunately most of the occupied countries are not covered.
bregds
SES

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Hi Andrek,

As you can see SES has been kind enough to show the Paderborn Haxterberg map from ''Fliegerhorste'' ( unfortunately my scanner is broken). In the 1960's when I stationed at Paderborn I was told that was the airfield where Lent crashed,

Regards

Brian Bines

Re: Paderborn Airfields
 

Hi,
Did you try this:
http://www.google.dk/search?q=Fliege...&start=10&sa=N
bregds
SES

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Thanks @Brian and @SES for the help and the scan.

Yes @SES i tried google and the yahoo world. I also called the municipality of Paderborn. I tried the police of Paderborn to locate some old police logs, which exists in the police archive, but for the 10/5/1944 there is definitely no entry about a airplane crash in the Paderborn area. Which is very exeptional! I also tried the Paderborn town archive for some old newspaper articles or maybe photos. But no result, they don' t even have a Lent file. The municipil service of Paderborn has a very good log book archive and very helpful people, but they did not repair a power supply line in 10/1944.

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Hi Andrek,
In his book 'The Lent Papers' (ISBN 1 84145 105 3, pub 2003), Peter Hinchliffe gives Lent's destination as Paderborn/Nordborchen airfield.I would recommend trying to get hold of a copy as it covers his entire life and career and seems a well researched and balanced account.
Regards,Mark.

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Hi,
I must admit I am a little confused by now. What precisly is it you are looking for and which you think is not available? You mentioned that you checked WIKIPEDIA with no result, this is a quote from the site:

On the 5 October 1944, Lent flew his Junkers Ju-88 G-6, coded D5+AA, to Paderborn. During the landing approach, the left engine of the plane failed and the plane hit high-voltage cables. In the ensuing crash, two of his crewmen died instantly. His radio-operator for many years, Leutnant Kubisch, died the next day. Lent himself died on 7 October 1944.

The airfield in question was Paderborn Haxterberg located just to the NE of the village of Nordborchen.
bregds
SES

Re: Paderborn Airfields
 

Nordborchen is just south of the Airfield and Haxterberg on the eastern side both names refer to the same airfield. Most books just seem to refer to it as Paderborn airfield. I believe it is the same field used for Gotha training in WW1.