FB placename to identify

[RudiS]

Hi all,

Can anyone tell me what the name of the place in this entry is? It is most likely a place in Germany.



Thanks in advance,
Rudi

[Ian Jewison]

Johannisburg (now Pisz), East Prussia.


/Ian

[RudiS]

That's it ! Thanks for your help, Ian. Very much appreciated.

[Rottler]

I read Johannesbrunn

Leo

[Ian Jewison]

Originally Posted by Rottler

I read Johannesbrunn

Leo

I can see that also but was there an airfield there?

/Ian

[Larry deZeng]

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]

[RudiS]

The a/c concerned took off from Lechfeld and made an emergency landing due to engine damage a bit more then an hour later. So I think Leo is correct with Johannesbrunn.

Thanks Ian, Leo and Larry for your help. Very much appreciated.

[Larry deZeng]

Rudi: You had a BIG advantage in information! All Ian and I had to go with was what you provided in his first post. You were holding all the cards while Ian and I had almost none................
It looks like the pilot made an emergency landing in a farm field because, as Ian said, there was no designated airfield at Johannesbrunn. Providing us with a date would have been helpful, too.

L.

[RudiS]

I'll keep that in mind in the future.