Fliegerhorst Pocking ?

[BennoT6]

Hello Forum-friends,

Two weeks ago I did spend some time in the Passau-area; southern Germany close to the Austrian border. I was told that there was a "Fliegerhorst" close to Pocking, just SW of Passau. So far I had never heard of this airfield. Was it an operational field, and if yes, what type of aircraft and units were based there during WW2 ?

All help very much appreciated.

Regards,

Benno

[Ian Jewison]

I am not at home with my books at the moment, however a quick Google search brought up the following sites:

http://www.vho.org/aaargh/fran/livres5/machtggrecht.pdf
http://www.sankt-gertrud.de/geschichte.htm

Search for Pocking when you have opened the documents.....however there does not appear to be much!

Regards,
Ian

[John Manrho]

Pocking was an "Einsatzhafen I. Ordnung" and is located and is located 3 km S of Pocking. Check Google maps with 48 22 25 N and 13 18 00 E and you will be on this (former) airfield.

[Csaba B. Stenge]

There was a big school, I guess, for Blitzmädchen, I'll check my materials for the exact details. At the end of the war, there were collected the Hungarian aviation units as well.