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Aeroporto di Neustadt-Glewe





Emblema della Luftwaffe

Emblem of Luftwaffe

L'emblema dello Jagdgeschwader 301 (JG 301 - 301º stormo caccia)

Emblem of Jagdgeschwader 301 (JG 301)
L'aeroporto, oggi

         
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. - 480 - 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.
Operational Units: Stab, II./JG 301 (Apr 45); Stab, I./JG 11 (Apr-May 45).
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
 
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