Airfield Reichelsheim

[bf109g12]

Hi Guy's,
does anybody have information which units were located at airfield Reichelsheim in 1945?
Thanks in advance,
Enrico

[Larry deZeng]

There's virtually no information on this Feldflugplatz. The Allies did not even identify it and the Michael Holm site has nothing on it. This tells me that it was one of the several dozen field airstrips and satellite strips set up between October 1944 and the end of the war, some of them going unused after being laid out. Aircraft were dispersed to them and concealed along the tree lines at the edge of the field, but they were not "air bases" and units were rarely ever stationed at them.

If you obtain any information on it, please post it here. Thanks.

Reichelsheim (GER) (c. 50 21 05 N – 08 51 56 E)
General: field airstrip (Feldflugplatz) in Hesse 28.5 km NNE of Frankfurt/Main and 10 km E of Bad Nauheim.
History:
Surface and Dimensions: grass surface.
Infrastructure:
Remarks:
Feb 45: reported to be in use.
Operational Units: none identified.
Station Commands: none identified.

[bf109g12]

Hi Larry,

a few days ago I saw a photo with fuselages of Bf109G-12 between trees. The photo was marked "Reichelzein 20. Juni 1945". One of the G-12 was a "white 302". These numbers (301-304) I only have for G-12s at 3./JG 104 in Fürth and Buchschwabach.

[Larry deZeng]

Originally Posted by bf109g12

Hi Larry,

a few days ago I saw a photo with fuselages of Bf109G-12 between trees. The photo was marked "Reichelzein 20. Juni 1945". One of the G-12 was a "white 302". These numbers (301-304) I only have for G-12s at 3./JG 104 in Fürth and Buchschwabach.

I'm guessing the fuselages were being temporarily parked there until they could be moved on to an assembly line somewhere? Of course, there are at least a dozen other possible explanations, too.