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Berlin airports

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Post by panzertruppe2001 » 21 Apr 2004, 20:06

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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Post by xcalibur » 21 Apr 2004, 20:31

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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Tegel and Schonefeld.
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Post by wenty » 22 Apr 2004, 11:51

In the last days of the war, when the other airports in Berlin were either captured or damaged too much to land on, for a short time the East - West Axis was used as a (dangerous) landing area too. Cheers.
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Post by ChrisMAg2 » 23 Apr 2004, 11:46

AFAIK Berlin-Schönefeld was a GDR built airport.
Others are:
Adlershof and Johannistal, both small AFs,
further a smaller ex Zeppelinfield at the south of Potsdam, which was used as an Arado AF and as an "Ausweichflugplatz".
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Post by nondescript handle » 23 Apr 2004, 14:11

ChrisMAg2 wrote:AFAIK Berlin-Schönefeld was a GDR built airport.[...]
In 1935 the Henschel aircraft production plant Schönefeld was build, and part of that plant was an airfield with three runways.
But it was used as a regular airport only since 1946.
ChrisMAg2 wrote: Adlershof and Johannistal, both small AFs,[...]
Johannisthal was the name of the airport located in Adlershof.

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Post by stcamp » 23 Apr 2004, 14:22

Hello,

Does anyone know what units were at Johannisthal in April 1945 when it fell to the Russians?

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Post by Fliegerhorste » 19 Jun 2004, 16:18

stcamp wrote:Hello,

Does anyone know what units were at Johannisthal in April 1945 when it fell to the Russians?

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As far as know - no units as Johannisthal by that time had lost any relevance for military flying.

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Post by mty » 13 Aug 2004, 20:01

Hi!

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.
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