II./JG 2 - June 1944

[Jochen Prien]

Gentlemen,

II./JG 2 returned to France after a short spell of rest and refit at Gütersloh on 14 June 1944. It returned to its former base at Creil at first but was immediately sent to small landing strips near Creil as the former base was too exposed to US carpet-bombing.

In several original sources one of the landing strips is given as Baron which was said to have been situated some 20 kms southwest of Creil. I cannot find a place by the name of Baron there but a place named Boran-sur-Oise. Can anybody enlighten me whether this was in fact the location of the Gruppe's landing strip in mid June 1944 ?

Any help will be gratefully appreciated.

KR

Jochen Prien

[Snautzer]

from Luftwaffe Airfields 1935 - 1945 by Henry L. deZeng IV

here http://www.ww2.dk/lwairfields.html

Baron
(FR) (49 09 30 N – 02 42 40 E)
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33
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Luftwaffe A
irfields 1935-45
General
: landing ground in N France 42 km NE of Paris, 19.5 km SE of Creil
airfield, 10 km SE of Senlis and 2.5 km SW of the village of Baron.
History
:
believed to be a satellite or dispersal field for Creil built in 1944. In use on
6 Jul 44.
Surface and Dimensions
: fully serviceable grass surface
measuring approx. 915 x 275 meters (1000 x 300 yards) and irregular in
shape.
Infrastructure
: none noted.
Dispersal
: concealed parking bays
had been cut into the Bois de Montlognon woods on the S boundary of the
landing area.
[
Sources
: AFHRA A5259 p.1411 (6 Jul 44) and AFHRA A5260 amendments
(25 Jul 44); chronologies; BA-MA; NARA; PRO/NA; web site ww2.dk]

[Nick Beale]

This from my JGr. 200 research:

Further north, II. Jagdkorps told JG 27 that the four JGr. 200 men who had arrived with the Geschwader the day before should instead report to II./JG 2 at "Airfield 409" (this was probably Baron, 18 km. south east of Creil, where that Gruppe was based).

The 18 km distance (a little different from Snautzer's) was a measurement taken with the line tool on Google Earth.

[Jochen Prien]

Nick, Snautzer,

many thanks, that's what I wanted to know.

Best

Jochen Prien

[Kaczmarek]

The landing ground near Baron (Oise) also called "Waldwiese".

Rgds,
Kaczmarek