[Larry deZeng]

Reichshof (POL) (e. Rzeszów) (a.k.a. Rzeszów-Jasionka) (c. 50 06 35 N – 22 01 30 E) (AFHRA)
General: field airstrip (Feldflugplatz) and then an airfield (Fliegerhorst) in S Poland 154 km E Kraków, 9 km NNE of Rzeszów and 1.5 km NNW of the village of Nowa Wieś on the W side of the main road just to the SW of Jasionka.
History: a pre-war Polish airfield captured by the Germans on 7 Sep 39. Home to the HQ and staff of Luftflotte 4 at the start of the attack on the USSR on 22 Jun 44, then relatively inactive until the beginning of 1944, except for transient aircraft stopping to refuel en-route to and from South Russia. Additionally, Reichshof was a telephone and teletype switching center and a training center for airfield defense platoons (Landesschützenzüge). Transport units arrived here in late Mar 44 to drop supplies to Pz.AOK 1 cut off in the Kamenets Podolsk area to the southeast of Lvov, and in Jul 44 it became a frontline airfield as Soviet forces drove west from Lvov.
Dimensions: approx. 825 x 825 meters (900 x 900 yards).
Surface and Runways: grass surface. In spring 1944 it had a single runway measuring 1235 meters (1350 yards) in length and aligned E/W.
Fuel and Ammunition: ample fueling facilities were available.
Infrastructure: hangars, workshops and other buildings but no additional details. Barracks area SE of the airfield perimeter. An aero engine plant, possibly operated by Henschel, was located approx. 3.25 km SSW of Rzeszów.
Dispersal: had organized dispersal areas off the landing area but these were not equipped with aircraft shelters or blast bays.
Defenses: unknown.
Remarks: none.
Operational Units: 4.(F)/Aufkl.Gr. 122 (Jun-Jul 41); Verbindungsstaffel 4 (Jun-Jul 41); Wekusta 76 (Jun-Aug 41); II./JG 52 (Nov-Dec 43); Wekusta 76/2 (Feb 44); I./TG 1 (Mar-Apr 44); I./TG 4 (Mar-Apr 44); 2.(F)/Aufkl.Gr. 11 (Mar-Jul 44); Stab, 2./NAGr. 2 (Jul 44); Stab, I., II./SG 77 (Jun-Jul 44); 13.(Pz.)/SG 9 (Jul 44).
Station Commands: Fl.H.Kdtr. E 12/VII (Sep-Nov 41); Zwischenlandeplatz 4/VIII (c. Jul 42 – Mar 43); Fl.Pl.Kdo. C 6/VIII (Mar 43 – ? ); Fl.H.Kdtr. E 41/XI ( - Mar 44)?; Fl.H.Kdtr. E(v) 217/VIII (Apr 44 - ?).
Station and Town Units (on various dates – not complete): Stab/Luftflottenkdo. 4 (Jun-Jul 41; c.Apr-Jun 44); Stab/I. Flakkorps (Apr 44); Koflug 3/VIII (c.Apr-Sep 41); Koflug 1/VIII (Sep 41 – Jan 43); Frontreparaturbetrieb GL 3654 (Daimler Benz) (1941-42); II./Flak-Rgt. 38 (Mar 44); Stab and I./Ln.-Rgt. 4 (Jun-Jul 41); 15./Ln.-Rgt. 4 (Mar 44); 17.(Ers.)/Ln.-Rgt. 4 (Jul 43); Stab V.(Flum.Res.)/Luftgau-Nachr.Rgt. 8 (1943 – Jun 44); 13.(Flum.Res.)/Luftgau-Nachr.Rgt. 8 (Jan 43); Ln.-Abt. (mot) 101 (Apr 44); Ln.-Fernsprecher-Bau-Kp. FFK 401 (Jan 41); Ln.-Fernsprecher-Bau-Kp. FFK 402 (Bilgoraj, Jan 41); Lw.-Bauamt 1/VIII (1941-44); Lw.-Bau-Btl. 14/XIII (Sep 41); Nachschub-Kp. d.Lw. 16/VI ( ? – May 42); kl.Flieger-Betriebsstoff-Kolonne 1/XIII (May 42 - ? ); Traktorenzug 64 (Sep 41); Fahrkolonne d.Lw. 18/VIII (Nov 42); Ldssch.Zug d.Lw. 462/VI (Apr/May 42 – training); Ldssch.Zug d.Lw. 463/VI (Apr/May 42 – training); Ldssch.Zug d.Lw. 464/VI (Apr/May 42 – training); Ldssch.Zug d.Lw. 3/VIII (Jul 40, Sep 41); Ldssch.Zug d.Lw. 8/VIII ( ? – Feb 43); Ldssch.Zug d.Lw. 10/VIII ( ? – Feb 43).
[Sources: AFHRA A5263 p.1087 (Jul 43) and p.1124 (15 Apr 44); chronologies; BA-MA; NARA; PRO/NA; web site ww2.dk]