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[Larry deZeng]

Interesting one, Snautzer!

Ponjatowka (RUSS) (a.k.a. Ponyatovka) (ZNr. 10-308) (c. 53 49 03 N – 32 27 28 E)
General: operational airfield (E-Hafen) in W Russia 111 km S of Smolensk, 32.5 km SW of Roslavl and 1 km NNE of Ponyatovka village center. History: a relatively insignificant airfield used by the Luftwaffe mainly during the fall 1941 advance and then reactivated and restocked in the summer 1943 for the retreat during the Kursk Offensive/Counteroffensive. Surface and Dimensions: approx. 1670 x 1770 meters (1825 x 1935 yards). Infrastructure: no details found. Dispersal: no details found.
Remarks:
Aug 42: in use as a staging field, dispersal field and refueling stopover for Luftwaffe bombers based at Seshchinskaya due to frequent enemy raids on Seshchinskaya.
Operational Units: elements of 2.(H)/Aufkl.Gr. 32 (Aug/Sep 41); 1.(H)/Aufkl.Gr. 14 (Sep 41)?; I./St.G. 77 (Sep 41); I./JG 52 (Sep-Oct 41); II./KG z.b.V. 1 (Oct-Nov 41); elements of I./TG 3 (Jul-Aug 43).
Station Commands: Fl.H.Kdtr. E 27/IV (Oct-Nov 41); Fl.H.Kdtr. E 24/IV (Dec 41 - Jan 42).
Station Units (on various dates – not complete): none identified.
[Sources: chronologies; AFHRA, BA-MA; NARA incl. T-321 roll 239/OKL 903; OKL Flugplatzatlas d. Sowjetunion; PRO/NA; web site ww2.dk]

L.