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Re: FB placename to identify
Ian is correct.
Johannisburg (GER) (today Pisz) (53 38 04 N – 21 47 52 E)
General: landing ground (Landeplatz) in the former East Prussia (today NE Poland) 90 km SW of Suwałki and 105 km NW of Bialystok. History: no information or mention of wartime use by the Luftwaffe after 1941. Surface and Dimensions: grass or farm land. Infrastructure: none noted.
Operational Units: none identified.
Station Commands: a small custodial detachment (Sep 41).
Station Units (on various dates – not complete): elements of Ln.-Rgt. 1 (nearby at Niedersee, Sep 39); Kfz.Werkstatt d.Lw. (6 Sep 41).
[Sources: chronologies; BA-MA; NARA; PRO/NA; web site ww2.dk]
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