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Old 6th April 2021, 16:26
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Re: Stalingrad airlift last plane out

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Originally Posted by Thomas H View Post
Thanks for posting Ed, interesting read! I never heard of Stalingradskaya before.
What about the last planes to take of from Pitomnik and Gumrak?
Regards, Thomas
See "Luftwaffe Airfields" in the menu at www.ww2.dk"

Stalingrad-Stalingradskij (RUSS) (a.k.a. Stalingrad-Stalingradskiy, Stalingradskaja, Stalingradskaya) (no ZNr. listed) (c. 48 46 N – 44 27 E) (AFHRA)
General: primitive airfield (Fliegerhorst) on the edge of the city 9.25 km NNW of Stalingrad city center. Rated for VFR (visual flight rules) and summer use only.
History: home to the prewar Stalingradskaya flight school consisting of the 7th Flight Training School, a separate specialized flight training school, a Shturman School and an aviation specialty school for aircraft mechanics. All 4 of these schools transferred to Kustanay and Petropavlovsk in summer 1942 as the Germans approached the city. Also see Stalingrad I.
Surface and Dimensions: natural surface of unstated dimensions.
Infrastructure: had hangars, workshops,admin offices, barracks and a full array of service and support facilities.
Dispersal: no details found.
Remarks:
21-23 Jan 43: described as the third and last serviceable airfield within the Stalingrad pocket.
22 Jan 43: of 81 transports dispatched to this field, 26 attempted to land but the majority of these struck bomb craters hidden in snow and crashed.
23 Jan 43: the scene of the last landings and takeoffs in the Stalingrad pocket on 23 January when it was overrun by Soviet infantry. After 23 January, there were no more reported landings in the pocket, just intermittent air drops of ammunition and food until the end.
Operational Units: if any, see above under Stalingrad.
Station Commands: if any, see above under Stalingrad.
Station Units (on various dates – not complete): if any, see above under Stalingrad.
[Sources: chronologies; AFHRA, BA-MA; NARA incl. T-321 roll 239/OKL 903; OKL Flugplatzatlas; PRO/NA; web site ww2.dk]

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