Neustadt-Glewe (GER) (53 21 45 N – 11 37 00 E)
General: airfield (Fliegerhorst) in Mecklenburg 32 km ESE of
Schwerin, 8 km NE of Ludwigslust and 3.25 km SE of the town of
Neustadt-Glewe.
History: a small landing ground in 1938, the Luftwaffe built hangars
and developed it into a training station beginning in 1939.
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Luftwaffe Airfields 1935-45
Operational units were not based here until the last few weeks of the
war.
Dimensions: approx. 1000 x 1190 meters (1100 x 1300 yards) and
irregular in shape.
Surface and Runways: grass surface. No paved runway. Taxiways
served the N and NW sides of the airfield.
Fuel and Ammunition: both available.
Infrastructure: had 1 very large hangar off the NW corner, and 1 very
large, 2 large and 1 medium hangar off the N boundary, all 5 with
paved aprons. Some 8 to 10 smaller buildings near the hangars were
probably workshops. The station admin buildings, barracks, messes,
canteens, etc., were off the N boundary. The nearest rail connection
was the Ludwigslust-Parchim line that ran approx. 2.5 km NW of the
airfield.
Dispersal: the station’s Northeast dispersal had 5 very large open
aircraft shelters, 8 large open, 5 medium open and 4 covered (Mar
44).
Defenses: unknown.
Remarks:
16 Apr 45: strafed by RAF Tempests – claimed 1 x Fw 190 destroyed.
25 Apr 45: strafed by RAF Spitfires – claimed 3 x Fw 190s destroyed
plus 2 more damaged.
School Units: Arbeitsplatz for Schule/FAR 11 and FFS A/B 11
(Schönwalde); Schule/FAR 22 (Nov 39 – Nov 40); Schule/FAR 42 then
FFS A/B 42 (Nov 40 – Sep 42); Arbeitsplatz for twin-engined
conversion school Ludwigslust (Jul 35 – Aug 39); Arbeitsplatz for FFS A
72 (1944-45).
Reserve Training & Replacement Units: Erg.NJGr. (einmot.); 1./Erg.JG
2 (Nov 44 – Mar 45).
Station Commands: Flugstützpunktkdo. 22/XI (1942 – Feb 43);
Fl.Pl.Kdo. A 19/XI (Feb 43 – Mar 44); Flugplatzkdo. Neustadt-Glewe of
Fl.H.Kdtr. A(o) 11/XI Parchim (1944-45).
Kommandant (mainly prior to the establishment of numbered station
commands – not complete): Oberst Julius Kuse ( ? - ? )
4/41.
Station Units (on various dates – not complete): Werft-Abt.(v)
105/XI (1945)?
[Sources: AFHRA A5258 pp.757-59 (1 Jun 44); chronologies; BA-MA;
NARA; PRO/NA; web site ww2.dk]
Credits: WW2.dk, linked document, page 480