Aachen Merzbrück Airfield

Coordinates: 50°49′24″N 6°11′11″E / 50.823333°N 6.186389°E / 50.823333; 6.186389
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Aachen Merzbrück Airfield

Flugplatz Aachen-Merzbrück
AMSL
623 ft / 190 m
Coordinates50°49′24″N 006°11′11″E / 50.82333°N 6.18639°E / 50.82333; 6.18639
Websiteflugplatz-aachen.de
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
07/25 3,805 1,160 Asphalt

Aachen Merzbrück Airfield (

airfield located near Aachen, Germany.[1]

History

The airfield was built about 1914 as a grass airfield, and throughout the 1930s was used by small light aircraft. After the

Junkers G 38
, landed in Merzbrück.

In

Battle of Belgium in May 1940. After the Battle of France in June ended, the airfield was little used by the military or general aviation.[3]

In January 1945, as a result of the

P-47 Thunderbolt combat operations until the middle of April 1945, and the airport was closed on 11 May 1945.[5][6]

After the war, the airfield was used by the

British Forces in Germany and later by the Belgian Forces in Germany
. Subsequently, the airfield was rebuilt with an all-weather asphalt runway, taxiways, and both concrete and grass aircraft parking areas. A parallel grass runway is also available.

Usage

There is no scheduled traffic at the airfield. It primarily is used by

air ambulance
duties here. A flight school and maintenance facility (Westflug Aachen) is located here since 1967.[7]

See also

References

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

  1. Aviation Safety Network
  2. ^ "Graf Zeppelin auf Stippvisite". Archived from the original on 2011-12-27. Retrieved 2021-02-27.
  3. ^ The Luftwaffe, 1933-45
  4. ^ "IX Engineer Command ETO Airfields, Airfield Layout". Archived from the original on 2008-08-20. Retrieved 2009-10-06.
  5. ISBN 0-89201-092-4
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  6. ^ Johnson, David C. (1988), U.S. Army Air Forces Continental Airfields (ETO), D-Day to V-E Day; Research Division, USAF Historical Research Center, Maxwell AFB, Alabama.
  7. ^ "Website: History of Westflug". Archived from the original on 2018-03-11. Retrieved 2018-03-11.

External links

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