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Re: Help please FW190 crash site in and around the North-West of Mohrin airport
From the following document:
Luftwaffe Airfields 1935 - 1945 by Henry L. deZeng IV
Mohrin[ (GER) (a.k.a. today: Moryn) (52 48 50 N – 14 22 30 E) General: operational airfield (Einsatzhafen) in present-day Poland 55 km NNW of Frankfurt/O., 39 km E of Eberswalde, 9 km WNW of Barwalde and 5.5 km SSW of the village of Mohrin: laid out in the late 1930’s and used mainly as a practice field for trainers. Surface and Dimensions: grass surface in good condition measuring approx. 985 x 960 meters (1075 x 1050 yards) and circular in shape. No paved runway. Fuel and Ammunition: both were available as needed. Infrastructure: had 4 workshop sheds and 6 barrack-type buildings off the N boundary, the latter in a woods. The nearest rail connection was 6.5 km to the N in Butterfelde.Dispersal: there were 8 aircraft bays cut into the woods off the W boundary and 9 more in woods off the E boundary. Operational Units: I./JG 11 (Jan 45); elements of I./KG 200 (Jan 45). School Units: Arbeitsplatz for Schule/FAR 12 then FFS A/B 12 (Königsberg/Neumark). Station Commands: none identified. Station Units (on various dates – not complete): none identified.
Sources: AFHRA A5258 p.735 (21 Jan 45); chronologies; BA-MA; NARA; PRO/NA; web site ww2.dk
Kind regards,
Timon
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