Finsterwalde Airfield ( German Lausitzflugplatz Finsterwalde / Schacksdorf ) is a non-operational military airfield located near the eponymous city of Finsterwalde in the state of Brandenburg , Germany .
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| Type of | military (joint base) / non-operational | ||||||
| A country | Germany | ||||||
| Location | Brandenburg | ||||||
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| NUM height | +65 m | ||||||
| Timezone | UTC + 2 | ||||||
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Content
History
The Finsterwalde airfield from 1915 to 1994 was used as a military airfield. In 1925, the airfield was closed, flights of military aircraft were again resumed only in 1937.
During World War II, the airfield was the home base of the 1st Hindenburg bomber squadron on Junkers Ju 52 aircraft . In February 1945, units of the Sturzkampfgeschwader 2 (2nd squadron of direct support for Immelman troops, SG2 Immelman) were based at the airport, covering Berlin from the advancing Soviet troops. After hijacking the airfield, the squadron flew to another airfield and surrendered in 1945 to the Americans in Czechoslovakia, flying their planes to the American airfield after signing the surrender. At the same time, ground personnel moving towards the Americans on the ground were attacked and destroyed by Czech partisans.
Since 1945, the USSR Air Force was based at the airport. Since the 1970s, the airfield has been used by civil aviation. Since 1993, the air units of the Russian Air Force were deployed to Russia. In 2009, the airport was closed.
At the airport were based:
- The 9th Guards Assault Aviation Krasnograd Red Banner Order of the Suvorov Division - the headquarters and management of the division (from April 1945 to May 11, 1945) consisting of [1] :
- 141st Guards Assault Aviation Regiment (from April 1945 to May 11, 1945);
- 144th Guards Assault Aviation Regiment (from April 1945 to May 11, 1945);
- 155th Guards Assault Aviation Regiment (from April 1945 to May 11, 1945);
- The 286th Fighter Aviation Nezhinsky Red Banner Order of the Suvorov Division - the headquarters and management of the division (from May 1945 to June 1945) consisting of [2] :
- 165th Fighter Aviation Warsaw Order of the Suvorov Regiment (from May 1945 to June 1945) [3] ;
- 721st Fighter Aviation Kastornensky Order of Suvorov and Alexander Nevsky Regiment (from May 1945 to June 1945) [4] ;
- 739th Fighter Aviation Prague Red Banner Order of the Suvorov Regiment (from May 1945 to June 1945) [5] ;
- 559th Fighter Aviation Regiment (since September 1956)
- Since 1960 renamed the 559th Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment
- since November 1976 - 559th Aviation Regiment of fighter-bombers
- since 1993 - the 559th Bomber Aviation Regiment .
- The regiment flew the aircraft MiG-17 (1955-1964), Su-7B (1964-1976), Su-7BM (1964-1976), MiG-27 (1976-1983), MiG-27D (1983-1988, 2 a ), MiG-27K (1982-1993) and Su-24M (since 1993) [6] .
- 34th Bomber Aviation Tashkent Red Banner Order of the Suvorov and Kutuzov Regiment ( 268th Bomber Aviation Gomel Order of the Kutuzov Division , 80th Bomber Aviation Corps ). The regiment was based from 1949 to 1953, flew on the aircraft Pe-2 (until 1951) and IL-28 (since 1951). In July 1953, the regiment was withdrawn from Germany to the Kirovabad airfield of the Azerbaijan SSR.
Current status
In 2009, flights were completely stopped at the airport [7] .
In 2011, most of the airfield was built up with solar panels to generate electrical energy. The total building area was 74 hectares, which made it possible to reach a production capacity of 40 MW. This constructed βsolar parkβ is the largest solar power station in Germany [8] .
Notes
- β M. Holm. 9th Guards Assault Krasnograd Red Banner Order of Suvorov Aviation Division (Neopr.) . Aviation, 1933 - 1945 . M. Holm (July 12, 2016). Date of treatment July 12, 2016.
- β M. Holm. The 145th Fighter Nezhin Red Banner Order of the Suvorov Aviation Division (Neopr.) . Aviation, 1933 - 1945 . M. Holm (July 12, 2016). Date of treatment July 12, 2016.
- β M. Holm. The 665th Warsaw Fighter Order of the Suvorov Aviation Regiment (Neopr.) . Aviation, 1933 - 1945 . M. Holm (July 12, 2016). Date of treatment July 12, 2016.
- β M. Holm. 732th Fighter Kastornensky Order of Suvorov and Alexander Nevsky Aviation Regiment (Neopr.) . Aviation, 1933 - 1945 . M. Holm (July 12, 2016). Date of treatment July 12, 2016.
- β M. Holm. 834th Prague Red Banner Fighter Order of the Suvorov Aviation Regiment (Neopr.) . Aviation, 1933 - 1945 . M. Holm (July 12, 2016). Date of treatment July 12, 2016.
- β M. Holm. 559th aviation regiment of fighter bombers (neopr.) . Aviation, 1933 - 1945 . M. Holm (July 12, 2016). Date of treatment July 12, 2016.
- β JSander FΓΌrstenwalder Flugplatz wird abgewickelt (German) (28. Juni 2010). Date of treatment July 12, 2016.
- β Uwe Stemmler Solarstrom in der Region (German) (25. Januar 2012). Date of treatment July 12, 2016.
Literature
- Anokhin V. A., Bykov M. Yu. All Stalin's fighter aviation regiments. The first complete encyclopedia. - Popular science publication. - M .: Yauza-press, 2014 .-- 944 p. - 1,500 copies - ISBN 978-5-9955-0707-9 .
- Β© International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). ECCAIRS 4.2.8 Data Definition Standard. Location Indicators by State . The ECCAIRS 4 location indicators are based on ICAO's ADREP 2000 taxonomy. They have been organized at two hierarchical levels. . Β© International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) (September 17, 2010). Date of treatment July 13, 2016.