NOMENCLATURE OF LUTWAFFE AIR BASES in FRance

[Nick Beale]

Originally Posted by SES

Hi,
Each Lw base had a covername and a number. Please see:
"Fliegerhorste und Einsatzhafen der Luftwaffe", K. Ries/W. Dierich, ISBN 3-613-01486-6. Attached is a sample from the map annexed to the book.
bregds
SES

Hi SES. I think your attached list is not one of airfield code numbers, rather the numbers of the Fliegerhorstkommandantur (which could control a group of airfields).

Decrypted material usually referred to airfields by a three-digit number and the Allies gradually deduced which was which (helped because adjacent numbers were often close together on the map). Examples are:

Italy:
251 Viterbo
299 Castiglione del Lago
450 Osoppo
508 Bologna
562 Piacenza

France:
510 Montpellier
517 Toulouse
518 Toulouse-Francazal
532 Aix les Milles
536 Istres