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[Seppel]

-> Knochenlutscher

I just found Nest Airfield in my map.
So do you have any pictures or plans of this artillery training area?!

[vonOben]

Mmh ... didn't found so much information.

But I know there was a runway, which was actually a highway in the near of Visby.
But this was a Cold War era airfield.

So maybe this is the runway you mean!?

It was the Visby airfield and I found some info:

In 1942 Visby airfield was opened with a grass runway of 800m, terminal, hangar and air traffic control tower.
In 1956 the F13 came to Gotland and a 2000m concrete runway was built by the air force.
Until 1958 a railway track ran across the runway.

https://helagotland.se/nyheter/bilden-da-fick-taget-och-flyget-samsas-pa-flygfaltet-14047029.aspx

Here you can se the old railway line in red crossing the Visby airfield:
https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/embed?mid=1l1ztJB2772sH3SUxdeY1Xd6ZDDA&ll=57.65465498199736%2C18.33755497543951&z=15

https://www.gotlandsforsvarshistoria.se/fv/fv1.htm

[Seppel]

Ah .. I see.

So it seems that the railway wasn't realy crossing the runway, but the train had to stop to avoid accidents!?

On the satelite picture you linked one can see, that the early airfield was south of the railway.
Mh.. Of course in mymap I draw random railways. So at the momentan "my" airfield is in the north of the track
Maybe I'll change that...

[Knochenlutscher]

Hi!

It would be interesting, if this training or research area would have existed by the beginning of the war?
And if there were at least some aerial picture of the area?

Existed already at the beginning of the war. That's where all the Railway Guns got delivered and testfired before being
deployed else (Channel, Battle Of France)

Aerial pictures, haven't seen some. Sorry

Rügenwalde Bad Railway- Artillery Proving grounds

amongst others
Heeres-Versuchsplatz
Kommandantur Schießplatz
Flak- u. Küsten-Artillerie-Schule 6
schwere Artillerie-Ersatz-Abteilung (motorisiert)100 (here my grandpa served)

established 1935

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schie%C3%9Fplatz_R%C3%BCgenwalde-Bad
https://www.battlefieldsww2.com/schiessplatz-rugenwalde-bad.html

Am Darlovberg was the small Military Airfield in close location, this matches Wiki and my Grandpas memories.

To get a scale of the restricted area needed for these offshore shooting range and target area, an estimated guess from memory.


I have some literature that I will check if needed. But it is mainly of Jerry source, thin.
No aerial pictures and fancy Diagrams.

[Seppel]

So, maybe I have to built "my own" training area

In case you find some pictures or maps ... don't hasitate sending them to me.

[Knochenlutscher]

Alrighty, I searched my Bookshelf for a Wolfgang Müller Publication, called Verlagshaus M&M, Nr.31 Deutsche Eisenbahngeschütze 1936-1945.
My drawn Map from the memory is wrong. Inside the Pamphlet is a plan of the exact Target area, general Map showing Nest AB and another named Kamp,
near Suckow (Kolberg). Give me a few Days and I scan the 30 pages for you.

Albeit no mention of the small air strip near Rügenwalde proving ground, so I think this was no major LW air base, from what I read the adjacent air strip wasn't Nest,
but sth. in the close vicinity. Close to the proving ground was a Hillside, the strip was named after. Sometimes airfields with no primary military structure, feat, didn't show up on Maps.
An example is the Siebel Factory Airfield in my Hometown Halle, on every fucking Map you just find Nietleben (former Lufthansa Terminal) and Schkeuditz.


Best wishes
Tobias

[Seppel]

Ich hab ein Jahr im Polizeirevier Halle gearbeitet...
i;-)

[Knochenlutscher]

Alright, cool. Wie hat's Dir hier gefallen?

[Seppel]

War ne interessante Zeit

[Seppel]

Hi everyone!

Another mile stone has been taken. I finished all the Swedish Airfields!
There will be 29 of them. Among them a few sea plane bases and some hidden airfields. This where mainly fields, which seem not to exist by at least 1940, but I want some spread across the country...
There are bases which have a runwy of 1000m and more, so heavy bombers (I tested them with the B17) can take off and land. I'm not using the pretty impressive BAT Mod, but I supose that jet fighters could take of there either (correct my if I'm wrong).
All other airfields could handle take off and landing of He111-sized airplanes.

I was trying to find historical pictures or maps or at least a note, that the single fields existed by at least 1940.

Here are some impressions:

Eksjö Airfield


Eslöv  Airfield


Ljungbyhed  Airfield


Västervik Seaplane base


I also started to add (my Il2 interpretations) of some landmarks. Maybe I will go one with that...

the Landskrona citadel


Castle and dom of Kalmar


Castle Christiansborg and town hall of Köbenhavn...


... and the stock exchange



Next step are the Danish airfields.
I allready finished two for testing.

the small airfield near Ry


and the Rönne Airfield on the Isle of Bornholm



Hope you like it.
And if you have suggestions like Knochenlutscher, please tell me.

[Piotrek1]

Great design nice landscapes and textures, definitely, a map worth waiting for .

Best regards,
Piotrek

[vonOben]

Hultsfeld  Airfield

Do you mean Hultsfred?

Here are two links that might be useful for you:

Swedish military air bases:
https://www.forsvarsmakten.se/siteassets/5-information-och-fakta/historia/vagbaserna/fortv-2007-1.pdf

Maps of military airfields in the north, with airfield maps (modern) for Finland, Denmark, Norway and Sweden:
https://svfplhist.home.blog/kartor-over-militara-flygfalt-i-norden/