[nuvola10]

From an old post in this forum by Pesel## menber :
ALT-KEMNITZ – pol. => Stara Kamienica
Note: Original German maps bring the name Alt-Kemnitz. Other forms (Altkemnitz, Alt Kemnitz or Alt-kemnitz) are used by various documents and are not correct.
History: a 72,5 hectars of flat grass in hilly area used to establish sport airfield East of the village, overtaken by NSFK Gruppe 6 in 1937, but probably not used due to insufficient infrastructure and communication. Alt-Kemnitz appeared in various German evidences anyway during entire WW2 for unknown reason as a Feldflugplatz.
Infrastructure: equipments’ main storage place organized in large barn on the airfield’s Western edge, though no more than two portable hangars are sometimes mentioned in sources too.
History: On 20th April 1945, 39 Bf-109G-10 and K-4 of I./JG 52 led by Maj. Erich Hartmann arrived form Raudnitz to Alt-Kemnitz. No more than 30 of them were ready for combat. The unit delivered supplies for besieged Breslau directly, or providing aerial cover for transport planes taking off from Königgrätz (Hradec Kralove), Pardubice and Hohenmaut (Vysoke Myto). Though Luftflotte 6’s archives say that I./JG 52 moved fist to Schweidnitz and then to Deutsch Brod on 21-22 April, a few aircraft of 1st Staffel were left at Alt-Kemnitz at least until 3rd May.
Today Stara Kamienica airfield is totally forgotten and not existing.
Hope this help,and john do you received my email times ago for your question about TA-152? Merry Christmas,Max.