Berlin airports
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Berlin airports
In the biography of Hitler by John Toland, it is mentioned that Berlin had five airports (one of them Tempelhof). Could anybody say me the names of the other one.
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Re: Berlin airports
Tegel and Schonefeld.panzertruppe2001 wrote:In the biography of Hitler by John Toland, it is mentioned that Berlin had five airports (one of them Tempelhof). Could anybody say me the names of the other one.
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In 1935 the Henschel aircraft production plant Schönefeld was build, and part of that plant was an airfield with three runways.ChrisMAg2 wrote:AFAIK Berlin-Schönefeld was a GDR built airport.[...]
But it was used as a regular airport only since 1946.
Johannisthal was the name of the airport located in Adlershof.ChrisMAg2 wrote: Adlershof and Johannistal, both small AFs,[...]
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I've only been in Berlin once but as an aviation enthusiast I researched a bit about the history of aviation in Berlin. Otto Lilienthal made his experimental flights from Johannisthal airfield if I remember correctly. The development of Johannisthal airfield was blocked by the growth of the city around it. During the NS-era a colossal airport for the "Welthauptstadt Germania", Tempelhof, was built and is still used today.
Between 1933 and 1945 also airfields (military airbases) in Staaken and Gatow were used. Gatow later became an RAF base. There are many smaller airfields around Berlin and I guess there were even more during the war.
I've only been in Berlin once but as an aviation enthusiast I researched a bit about the history of aviation in Berlin. Otto Lilienthal made his experimental flights from Johannisthal airfield if I remember correctly. The development of Johannisthal airfield was blocked by the growth of the city around it. During the NS-era a colossal airport for the "Welthauptstadt Germania", Tempelhof, was built and is still used today.
Between 1933 and 1945 also airfields (military airbases) in Staaken and Gatow were used. Gatow later became an RAF base. There are many smaller airfields around Berlin and I guess there were even more during the war.