Bf 110 of NJG 1 at airfield Kirchhellen in 1944

[strahljaeger]

Hi all!

Parts of the NJG 1 moved in September 1944 from the airfield St. Trond to airfield Dortmund.
I got a single logbook page from the pilot Ofw. Schweizer. This documents a flight of the 28.9.1944 with a Bf 110 from the airfield Dortmund to the small airfield Kirchhellen (morning) and back (evening).

I assume that this was a brief shift, which serves only as protection against bombing (or the airfield Dortmund was crowded).

If anyone have NJG 1 logbooks als pertaining to this period - and documenting flights to / from Kirchhellen (or wrong wrote Kirschhellen) - then I would be pleased to receive a small copy of these flights as proof.

Best regards
Matthias

[Marcel Hogenhuis]

Hello Matthias,

To leave the main operational airfield by day to a smaller airfield or airstrip became a practice in 1944 when Allied bombers tried to bomb nightfighter airfields. The German code name for such a fast, temporary movement ('Verlegung') was 'Blindschleiche' and often also the ground services left the airfield and fled into a nearby wood (if available). So Kirchhellen could be such an 'Ausweichplatz' for Dortmund.

Good hunt and best regards,

Marcel Hogenhuis / Venlo

[strahljaeger]

Hi Marcel,

you are right. Saw also flights from Volkel (NJG 2) with Ju 88 G-1 to Kirchhellen, but some weeks before Bf 110 from NJG 1 comes.
Thanks for code word "Blindschleiche". Not known before!

Best regards
Matthias