MAAF document

[GrafWolf]

Hello gentlemen!

By cleaning up my notices i`ve found this entry:

Main:MEDITERRANEAN ALLIED AIR FORCES
Call Number: MICFILM 25182
IRIS Number: 02004485
Publication Date: 19450401
Classification: Unclassified
Roll: 25182
First Frame: 739
Last frame: 741
Old Roll: MAAF 194
Indexer Id: 51
Add Date: 19900808
Abstract: Contains Target Information on Schussenried
Landing ground, Germany
DNotes: Microfilm project, intelligence section/ Target analysis,
Target files, Airfields and landing grounds, Call No. 622.011;
Document No. 1810; Frame Count and dates supplied
Titles: SCHUSSENRIED GU5902

No idea where i got it from! Can someone enlighten me???
Is this document available?
Thank you in advance!

Herzliche Grüsse aus Oberschwaben,

Wolfgang

[Larry deZeng]

It looks very much like the full catalog data for this item from AFHRA (Air Force Historical Research Agency) at Maxwell AFB in Montgomery/Alabama.

L.

[RSwank]

Appears to be this item:

http://airforcehistoryindex.org/data/002/004/485.xml

[Larry deZeng]

Reichenbach (GER) (a.k.a. Schussenried, Bad Schussenried) (48 01 10 N – 09 38 30 E)
General: operational airfield (Einsatzhafen) in Baden-Württemberg 50 km SSW of Ulm, 40.5 km NNE of Friecrichshafen and 2 km NW of the village of Schussenried.
History: built in the late 1930’s. Served mainly as a practice field for trainers. Part of a fighter school moved there in mid-1944.
Dimensions: approx. 1100 x 915 meters (1200 x 1000 yards).
Surface and Runways: grass surface. No paved runway.
Fuel and Ammunition: brought in as required.
Infrastructure: there were 3 small hangars on the E boundary, 2 at the N end and 1 at the S end. A small barracks complex was off the E boundary. The nearest rail connection was in Schussenried.
Dispersal: no organized dispersal facilities.
Defenses: none identified in Mar 44.
Remarks: none.
Operational Units: II./KG 27 (May 40); IV./JG 53 (Apr 45); 1., 2./TGr. 30 (Apr 45).
School Units: Arbeitsplatz for Schule/FAR 23, FFS A/B 23 then FFS A 23 (Kaufbeuren) (1939-45); Arbeitsplatz for FFS A/B 116 then FFS A 116 (Göppingen) (1941-44); Stab and I./JG 106 (Jun 44 – Apr 45).
Station Commands: Fl.H.Kdtr. (E) Reichenbach (1939-40); Fl.H.Kdtr. E 10/VII (1940); Flugplatzkdo. of Fl.H.Kdtr. A(o) 15/VII Memmingen (Apr-Sep 44); Flugplatzkdo. of Fl.H.Kdtr. E(v) 243/XII Mengen (Oct 44 – 1945).
Station Units (on various dates – not complete): IV.(Ausb.Abt.f.Ln.Helferinnen)/Luftgau-Nachr.Rgt. 3 (1943-44); Radiosondenstation (o) 796 (1944).
[Sources: AFHRA A5258 pp.352-53 (14 Sep 44); chronologies; BA-MA; NARA; PRO/NA; web site ww2.dk]

L.

[GrafWolf]

Hello Rolland!
Hello Larry!

Thank you very much for your efforts!

Herzliche Grüsse aus Oberschwaben,

Wolfgang