Oettingen:
Remarks:
5 Apr 44: low-level attack by VIII Fighter Command P-51 Mustangs – claimed 2 x Ju 88s destroyed, plus 1 x Bf 109, 6 x Bf 110s, 2 x Ju 88s, 1 x Ju 52 and 1 x Fw 200 damaged.
3 Oct 44: airfield bombed by 10 8th AAF B-17 Fortresses as a target of opportunity.
8 Feb 45: a 50-man detachment of the civilian repair firm Espenlaub set up in a hangar at Oettingen to repair Fw 190 fighters.
21 Feb 45: strafed by 12 P-51 Mustangs – 5 x Fw 190, 1 x Bf 110 and 3 x Si 204 lightly damaged. (German report)
23 Feb 45: airfield bombed by 48 8th AAF B-17s.
18 Apr 45: low-level attack by VIII Fighter Command P-51s – claimed 1 x Bf 109, 1 x Bf 110, 2 x Fw 190s and 1 x Ju 88 destroyed.
Operational Units: III./ZG 76 (Nov 43 – Apr 44); elements of I., II./ZG 76 (Feb-Apr 44); II./JG 53 (May-Jun 44).
School Units: Arbeitsplatz for FFS A 5; Arbeitsplatz for FFS C 13 then FFS B 13 (Roth) (Feb 42 – Jun 44).
Reserve Training & Replacement Units: 6., 7. and 8./Erg.JG 1 (Feb – Mar 45).
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