Luftwaffe air bases

[Andreas Brekken]

Hi, guys.

I would propose expanding on the following idea. A few guys from Finnland used the Google Earth application and used the included possibilities of entering placemarks or points of interest.

The resulting .kmz file can be added to and edited, and we could for example dedicate a forum here to keep the most updated file, and search for unknown locations.

Just to give you an idea I have made an extract of my file, and uploaded it here:

www.ahs.no/discussion_images/WWII_Airfields.zip

So go ahead and install the Google Earth, and then doubleclick this file....

You can of course choose which overlays etc you want to use to get an idea of where these airfields are in relation to modern cities etc.

The same system can of course also be used for naming locations, cities etc, and the description you give a placemeark can for example include which units have used the airfield and when.

Remember that a placemark can be entered using geo coordinates, you do not have to use the cursor.

And it is really fun also.. you can search for a location and look around a bit and suddenly the distinct shape of an airstrip appear... still there 60 years later, but mostly in use for light aircraft and recreational flying.

I didnt see your question vzlion, and here is my answer: I do not know of a simple list, but there is a softbound book called "Fliegerhorstkommandanturen und Flugplätze der deutschen Luftwaffe 1935-1945" by Gianfranco Mattiello. There is a list in that one by Joachim Streit, but sadly he does not list geo coordinates for the locations, but the descriptions are of the sort '24 km WNW Stalingrad' for example for Pitomnik. The advantage of his list is that he has divided it into a listing for each country, so if you are searching for an airfield in for example Denmark, you will be able to find it quite fast.

I would guess that there is plentiful material available for the western and southern front areas from british and american intelligence, I have the data for the airfields in Norway, and these folders have the location in geo coordinates in them.

So.... lets get to work guys!


Regards,
Andreas