STORCH LOSSS JONZAC 21 Mar 44

[Larry deZeng]

Stig J. wrote in part:

Why was not the administrative HQ also called Fliegerhorstbereich?
Was it because it was also administrating the civilian airports within the Reich?

I've never seen an explanation that might answer this question. It may be because "Flughafen" has a more all-encompassing generic definition and might have been selected to mean it could administer a group of different types of airfields. The Germans had different names for these types and the list of 35 is quite overwhelming:

Classifications (Airfield Types)
Abholplatz: airfield used for the collection and delivery of aircraft.
Absprunghafen: advanced landing ground.
Abstellplatz: parking area (for aircraft not it use).
Arbeitsplatz: practice airfield (almost always associated with flight school training).
Aussenliegeplatz: remote dispersal or outlying parking area.
Ausweichflugplatz: satellite, dispersal strip or alternate landing ground (minor – usually no services).
Behelfsflugplatz: auxiliary airfield.
Einsatzhafen: operational airfield (minor – limited services; used mainly for fighters, dive-bombers and ground attack aircraft). Ranked I for 1st Class and II for 2d Class.
Feldflugplatz: field airstrip, advanced airfield or satellite airfield (minor – limited services; used mainly by single-engine aircraft). The Allies called this an advanced landing ground (ALG).
Fliegerhorst: air station, aerodrome, airdrome or air base (major – full services).
Flughafen: airport (major – full services).
Flughafen (See): seaplane station (major – full services).
Flugplatz: airfield (major – full services).
Gefechtslandeplatz: tactical landing ground (minor – limited services or no services).
Hilfsflugplatz: auxiliary airfield.
Industriehafen: factory airfield.
Landeplatz: landing field or landing ground (minor – limited services or no services).
Leithorst: controlling air base (major – full services).
Liegeplatz: parking point; in the case of seaplanes, anchorage.
Nebenplatz: satellite airfield or landing ground (minor – limited services or no services).
Notlandeplatz: emergency landing field or emergency landing ground (minor – no services).
Schattenplatz: satellite airfield or landing ground (minor – limited services or no services).
Scheinflugplatz: dummy airfield used to deceive the enemy.
Seefliegerhorst: seaplane station.
Seeflugstützpunkt: seaplane base.
Seeflugstützpunktkommando: seaplane base detachment.
Sportplatz: sports field for civil aircraft, sports ground/playing field.
Teilkommandantur: branch component of a Fliegerhorstkommandantur.
Übungsflugplatz: practice or training airfield (minor – limited services or no services).
Verhehrsflughafen: civil airfield (ranked I for 1st Class and II for 2d Class).
Verkehrslandeplatz: civil landing ground.
Werkflugplatz: factory or depot-level repairs airfield.
Winterflugplatz: winter airfield (airfield on packed snow or on a frozen lake).
Zivilflughafen: civil airport.
Zwischenlandeplatz: transit airfield.

I have seen all of these terms used at one time or another in German documents and on maps. A Kdo.Flughafenbereich (abbr. Koflug) would be responsible for all active and inactive airfields, irrespective of type, in a given territorial area.

L.

[edNorth]

Ausweichplatz (without flug)
Segelflugplatz

"Feldflugplatz der deutschen Luftwaffe in Rockau bei Jena.
Der Flugplatz wurde, laut Zeitzeugen, 1940/41 eingerichtet
und als Segelflugplatz der Flieger-HJ genutzt."

https://www.thiele-militaria.de/spez.../junkers-ju88/

[Stig Jarlevik]

Thanks Guys

Seems favourite children have many names...even in German....

Your conclusion Larry seems pretty convincing to me and since I now begin to feel I am trying to split hair, I think we can rest this case. Since everyone concerned in Germany most certainly knew what was ment anyway, they didn't bother....so why should I?

Cheers
Stig