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Re: Skaja airfield Russland - October 1942
A bit more:
Seschtscha (RUSS) (a.k.a. Seshcha) (ZNr. 10-304) (village coordinates 53 44 07 N – 33 20 33 E)
General: village and airfield (Fliegerhorst) complex in W Russia 88.95 km NW Bryansk and 39.35 km SE of Roslavl. Seschtscha (Seshcha) was the name of Seshchinskaya village and airfield as it appeared in Führungsstab Ic/Ob.d.L. Nr. 6189/43 (IV), “Übersichtsliste der Flugplätze SU”. There was no separate listing for Seschtschinskaja. See immediately below under Seschtschinskaja.
Seschtschinskaja (RUSS) (a.k.a. Seshchinskaya, Setschinskaja, Seschtscha, Seshcha, Sesha) (ZNr. 10-304) (53 44 07 N – 33 20 33 E)
General: see above under Seschtscha.
Operational Units: (includes all Luftwaffe flying units known to have been based at Seschtschinskaja/Ost and Seschtschinskaja/West, 1941-43):
Stab/St.G. 1 (Aug-Sep 41); elements of II./St.G. 1 (Aug 41 – Feb 42); Stab/SKG 210 (Aug-Sep 41); I./SKG 210 (Aug 41); II./SKG 210 (Ses/West, Sep-Oct 41); Stab, I. and II./JG 51 (Ses/West, Sep 41); KGr. z.b.V. 102 (Sep 41); Wekusta 26 (Ses/West, Sep 41); 5.(H)/Aufkl.Gr. 12 (Ses/Ost, Sep-Oct 41); 5.(H)/Aufkl.Gr. 23 (Sep-Oct 41); 1.(H)/Aufkl.Gr. 14 (Oct 41); II./JG 3 (Ses/West, Oct 41); KGr. 100 (Oct-Nov 41); Stab/KG 28 (Oct-Dec 41); I./KG 28 (Oct-Dec 41); KGr. z.b.V. 106 (Nov-Dec 41); II./KG 4 (Dec 41 – Mar 42, Jun 42 – Jul 43); Stab/KG 26 (Dec 41 – Jan 42); III./KG 26 (Dec 41); II./KG 100 (Dec 41 – Feb 42); 4.(F)/Aufkl.Gr. 11 (Ses/Ost, Jan 42 – Jul/Aug 43); Verb.Staffel 54 (Ses/West. May, Aug 42); II./KG 54 (Jun 42); Stab/KG 4 (Jun 42 – Jul 43); I./KG 4 (Jun-Dec 42); IV./JG 51 (Jul 42); Stab/KG 53 (Aug-Sep 42); I./KG 53 (Aug-Sep 42); II./KG 53 (Aug-Sep 42); III./KG 1 (Apr-Aug 43); 3.(F)/Aufkl.Gr. 100 (Feb-May 43); 4.(F)/Aufkl.Gr. 121 (Ses/Ost, May/Jun-Aug 43); Panzerjägerstaffel/ZG 1 (Ses/Ost, Jun 43); II./KG 55 (Jun 43); II./KG 27 (Jul-Aug 43); Stab/KG 51 (Jul-Aug 43); II./KG 51 (Jul-Aug 43); III./KG 51 (Jul-Aug 43); 15.(span.)/JG 51 (Jul-Aug 43); elements of 1./NJG 100 (Aug 43); III./St.G. 1 (Aug 43).
This was a very large bomber base with concrete runways and all. It was one of the 4 or 5 key airfields on the Central Sector of the Eastern Front until the Luftwaffe abandoned it in September 1943.
L.
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