NOMENCLATURE OF LUTWAFFE AIR BASES in FRance
 

Can you help me ? I'm looking forward if the Lutwaffe had establissed an nomenclature of Air bases in France. I'm particularly interested in the designation of Nantes flugplatz between june 1940 and august 1944.
Thanks for all

Re: NOMENCLATURE OF LUTWAFFE AIR BASES in FRance
 

Gofridus,

Are you thinking the Germans gave each of their airfields a number like the USAAF did for its airfields? I have had a look through various books but cannot find any reference to a number system that the Luftwaffe used for its own airfields - and so I think they would be referred to only by place name. Alfred Price makes no mention of it in his books.

Re: NOMENCLATURE OF LUTWAFFE AIR BASES in FRance
 

Hi,
Each Lw base had a covername and a number. Please see:
"Fliegerhorste und Einsatzhafen der Luftwaffe", K. Ries/W. Dierich, ISBN 3-613-01486-6. Attached is a sample from the map annexed to the book.
bregds
SES

Re: NOMENCLATURE OF LUTWAFFE AIR BASES in FRance
 

SES,
is it not more like a location-name and a cover-up number, instead of "a covername and a number"?
And is the "Tarnzahl" only assigned to NF bases, as in your quote?

Re: NOMENCLATURE OF LUTWAFFE AIR BASES in FRance
 

Hi Chris,
Iaw the book I refered to there was a "cover-name" Decknahme for each airfield e.g. Grove was Isar. I'm not sure if only the NF bases had numbers, but I suspect that they all did.
bregds
SES

Re: NOMENCLATURE OF LUTWAFFE AIR BASES in FRance
 

SES,
thank you for clarifying that.

Re: NOMENCLATURE OF LUTWAFFE AIR BASES in FRance
 

Hi SES. I think your attached list is not one of airfield code numbers, rather the numbers of the Fliegerhorstkommandantur (which could control a group of airfields).

Decrypted material usually referred to airfields by a three-digit number and the Allies gradually deduced which was which (helped because adjacent numbers were often close together on the map). Examples are:

Italy:
251 Viterbo
299 Castiglione del Lago
450 Osoppo
508 Bologna
562 Piacenza

France:
510 Montpellier
517 Toulouse
518 Toulouse-Francazal
532 Aix les Milles
536 Istres

Re: NOMENCLATURE OF LUTWAFFE AIR BASES in FRance
 

The document on Tarnzahlen für Flugplätze issued for Feb 1945 by Luftflottenkommando Reich contains 4 digit numbers and there is at least a set of three numbers for each airfield. Som airfields have more options.

Regards,

Norbert

Re: NOMENCLATURE OF LUTWAFFE AIR BASES in FRance
 

Nick,
I came across some four digit number for airfields in Germany in the HW5 files
1107 Vechta
1495 Bad Lippspringe
1680 Gütersloh
Also there were codes like
NABEF II./NJG.4
NADEF II./NJG.6
Do you know if these codes changed during the war? Or did a gruppe always had the same code?

Dennis

Re: NOMENCLATURE OF LUTWAFFE AIR BASES in FRance
 

All your answers were very interesting for me. I thank you very much. Well if you have a few other informations about
"Nantes Flugplatz", please can you continue to insert them in this forum.
All the best
Alain