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Some comments on "Hofoldinger Forest" and "Brunnthal"
Hello all,
After a careful perusal of the aerial photographs in Norbert Loy's Der Feldflugplatz Brunnthal, (2016), I would like to make the following observations: 1. That the bays cut into the Hofoldinger Forest every 5o to 75 meters on both sides of the A8 autobahn for three kilometers north of Brunnthal probably numbered about 100 as mentioned in deZeng's airfields. Loy identifies at least 62 aircraft from these at the end of the war. 2. That there were two landing grounds: a) The Hofoldinger Forest's northern terminus is just below the present day junction of B471 with A8. To the north of this junction there is a 1100 meter north-south, treeless, straightaway which the aerial photograph on pp. 124-125 [north is to the left] shows that the median was paved over and had a Ju 88 landing on it. This was most likely the "Neubiberg-Brunnthal" that Ofw. Albert Bruck referred to in his flugbuch (Norbert, P.85) where he landed a BF 110 in a five minute flight from Neubiberg on 24 July 1944! b) Just north of the A8 turn-off to Brunnthal, and seen on the aerial photograph on pp.170-171, on the east side of the autobahn, there was a wide gravel turn-off that, after the war, gave access to the field that became the dump and collection point. This was the southern terminus of the bays along the Hofoldinger Forest. Before May 1945, the gravel turn-off gave access to the treeless farmers' fields that were made into an east-west landing zone by June 1944 (p.14). This airfield is probably what Bruck referred to in his flugbuch as simply "Brunnthal" when he landed another Bf 110 after a twelve minute flight from Neubiberg on 17 September 1944. 3. There is some evidence that could be interpreted to suggest that III./EJG 2 used this autobahn for training flights. In O'Connell, Production Log, (2005), p.87 it refers to Me 262 A-1a 110550 "...it was discovered in a forest setting, possibly next to the autobahn which was also used by III./EJG 2 as a take-off and landing area...." Also, on p.219, O'Connell noted that Ofw. Emil Schneider "... had learned to fly the Me 262 in November 1944 at Lechfeld with III./EJG 2. At this time he mostly took off and landed on a nearby road ...." best regards, Jim Geens |
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Re: Some comments on "Hofoldinger Forest" and "Brunnthal"
Thank you very much Jim!
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Re: Some comments on "Hofoldinger Forest" and "Brunnthal"
You're welcome, Franck!
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