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Originally Posted by pmotch
The East West Ave that is always mentioned would not only be tight for an aircraft the size of a JU-52, there's the issues of the two major obstacles. The Brandenburg Tor and the Siegessaule.
Coming in over Unter Den Linden, you'd have to clear the BT (which really wouldn't be a big problem) but then you'd have a stopping problem. To come in from the other direction.. you'd have to make an arching approach around the SS and again, worry about stopping.
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Motch
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The Siegessäule was moved in 1938. I have a facsimile map of Berlin in 1936 and then it stood on the Königsplatz, in front of the Reichstag (so not on the Charlottenburger Chaussee axis) rather than at Großer Stern as it does now. The major obstacle at the western end of the Chaussee would be the bridge at the Tiergarten S-Bahn station (intact on an aerial photo from March 1945). It's not that high but it is a solid obstacle.
(We stayed in a hotel by that station on holiday last year and I've walked the relevant stretch a few times as a result!)
According to Google Earth: Branderburger Tor – Großer Stern = c. 1.8 km; Großer Stern – S-Bahnhof Tiergarten = c. 1 km.