|
Luftwaffe and Axis Air Forces Please use this forum to discuss the German Luftwaffe and the Air Forces of its Allies. |
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
#51
|
|||
|
|||
Re: Airfields of the Luftwaffe
Fliegerhorst Alperstedt or Gross-Ruderstedt bei Erfurt, or perhaps both...
There are two photos from an expired eBay auction showing Bf 109 G-10 and G-14/AS of 8./JG 27, with the writing overleaf "Alarmstart in Alperstedt Februar 1945". The photos were posted today, 1 September 2019, and can be found on the Luftwaffe Fliegerhorste 1933-1945 FB page, administered by Marc-André Haldimann, and others. The same photo is said to have been published in Jochen Prien and Gerhard Stemmer's opus on II./JG 3, Strüve Verlag, 1996, p. 379 with the location given as Gross-Rudestedt bei Erfurt, Winter 1944 - 1945. According to the aforementioned FB page member, Alperstedt and Großrudestedt are both neighbouring villages north of Erfurt. Between both villages there is still a huge field, so it is possible that this was the former airfield, lying between both villages, leading to the fact that it was named after one and/or the other villages in different sources. The information is given with agreement and in close cooperation with Marc-André. Hopefully, Larry deZeng will find it useful for his growing airfield database. Regards, Sinisa |
#52
|
|||
|
|||
Re: Airfields of the Luftwaffe
Hvala vam, Sinisa!
I agree. I think it was an open field, pasture, meadow that became a convenient and useful landing ground mainly because it was undeveloped and unknown to the Allies. There were a number of these in those final months of the war where the Luftwaffe had to improvise to avoid being spotted and strafed on the ground. It probably had a woods along one or more sides along which the aircraft could be parked and somewhat concealed with evergreen boughs and netting. Not having access to the photo, my comments are just speculation. L. |
#53
|
||||
|
||||
Re: Airfields of the Luftwaffe
Hi there Larry,
Here is the old eBay photo in question starting this process of thinking, especially so because Jochen Prien and Gerhard Stemmer published it in 1996 as being taken at Gross Rudestedt whilst the photo backside had this written caption : “ Alarmstart in Alperstedt, February 1945” https://flic.kr/p/2h8LBqQ Cheers Marc Envoys de mon iPhone |
#54
|
|||
|
|||
Re: Airfields of the Luftwaffe
You are most welcome, Larry.
In addition to Marc-André's link above, for illustration purposes I herewith attach one of the two photos with the remarks on the date and location overleaf. Source: Expired eBay auction. Regards, Sinisa |
#55
|
|||
|
|||
Re: Airfields of the Luftwaffe
Thanks Marc and Sinisa! Although it's hard to tell with any certainty, it looks like there was something along the edge of the trees in the background. Of course, the treeline wouldn't afford as much cover in the dead of winter as it would when the trees were covered with foliage.
L. |
#56
|
|||
|
|||
Re: Airfields of the Luftwaffe
Correction:
Nordhorn airfield is located in Niedersachsen, not in Nordrhein-Westfalen. Don't know if borders have changed in the meantime, but at the moment the airfield is located in Niedersachsen. |
#57
|
|||
|
|||
Re: Airfields of the Luftwaffe
Hello Mr. Tiger -
It looks like we were both wrong. 1) "Lower Saxony (German: Niedersachsen) is a German state situated in northwestern Germany. It was created by the merger of the State of Hanover (Hannover) with Brunswick (Braunschweig), Oldenburg, and Schaumburg-Lippe on 1 November 1946." So it didn't exist during the NS period. All of the locations given in my monograph are during the NS period. 2) The State (Land) it was in during the NS period was Oldenburg. So I was wrong when I wrote Nordrhein-Westfalen. Cheers, Larry de Zeng |
#58
|
|||
|
|||
Re: Airfields of the Luftwaffe
Quote:
Lower Saxony is not really 'wrong' though, this name is used throughout the entire document. Kind regards, Timon |
#59
|
|||
|
|||
Re: Airfields of the Luftwaffe
There were no states (Länder) during NS-time. Nordhorn was located in Gau Weser-Ems with administrative center Oldenburg
|
#60
|
|||
|
|||
Re: Airfields of the Luftwaffe
Thank you, Egbert. Sometimes it is necessary to bend the "rules" a bit in the interest of clarity. While many Europeans who might have occasion to look up Nordhorn would have at least some idea of where the German states (Länder) are located, very, very few have committed the NS Gäue and their locations to memory. Accordingly, I used the present day Länder to better help researchers locate the airfields. I make no apologies.
L. |
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
Luftwaffe airfields - coordinates | Andreas Brekken | Luftwaffe and Axis Air Forces | 7 | 18th February 2013 01:46 |
Are the reports on Luftwaffe airfields available? | stefanbuss | Luftwaffe and Axis Air Forces | 0 | 25th February 2010 09:49 |
Luftwaffe Airfields Attacks | Chris Goss | Luftwaffe and Axis Air Forces | 0 | 12th January 2010 17:14 |
Luftwaffe attacks on North African airfields in 1942 | RudiS | Luftwaffe and Axis Air Forces | 2 | 12th February 2009 09:57 |
Luftwaffe Airfields in Italy | Jochen Prien | Luftwaffe and Axis Air Forces | 2 | 4th September 2008 23:04 |