Rendsburg Airfield
Mission Summaries > May 1944 > Aitfields in May 44
Rendsburg (GER)
(a.k.a. Rendsburg/Süd,
Stendemühle bei Rendsburg)
(54 17 20 N – 09 40 30 E)
General: emergency landing ground
(Notlandeplatz) in Schleswig- Holstein located along the railway track 1.5 km S
of the city and near the village of Osterrönfeld.
History: 1927 listed as a
Notlandeplatz. In Luftwaffe service from the late 1930’s to the end of the war.
Surface and Dimensions: rough and disused grass
surface measuring approx. 825 x 775 meters (900
x 850 yards).
Infrastructure: a hutted camp that was being
expanded in Sep 44 was located off the NE boundary of the landing
area. The W side of the field was severely obstructed by barrage balloon
and antiaircraft sites.
Remarks:
29 May 44: bombed by 14 x B-24
Liberators as an alternate target.
Operational Units: none identified.
Reserve Training &
Replacement Units:
Flak-Ers.Abt. 24 (May 40 – May 45).
Station Commands: Fl.H.Kdtr. A 5/VIII (Apr 41).
Station Units (on various dates – not
complete): Werft-Abt.d.Lw.(o) 72/III May 45); 14. Flugzeug-Wartungs-Kp. (half)
(May 45); III. (scheinw.)/Flak-Rgt. 6 (c.1939 – 1940/41); Kfz.Beständelager
d.Lw. 1/XI B (May 45).
No target or strike photos available
Rendsburg, Germany - airfield as seen today
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