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| Coordinates | N525628 E0124713 (WGS84) Google Maps |
| Former East Germany (GDR) | District of Potsdam |
| Federal state | Brandenburg |
Germany during the Cold War Map
The history of the Cold War airfields: Neuruppin
During World War II
Usage until 1945
Luftwaffe airbase.
Situation
Neuruppin airfield on a US map from 1943
Overview
Neuruppin air base on a US map from 1952
Source: AMS M841 GSGS 4414, Courtesy Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University
During the Cold War
Use
Soviet airbase until 1991.
In the 1950s
Units
1954
- Soviet fighter regiment (P. O. Box 62 319),
- A total of 30 (?) MiG-15/MiG-15U were counted at the airfield.
Source: BND/Bundesarchiv B 206/3033
(For the P. O. Box numbers the digits 3 and 5 may be confused, because they are difficult to distinguish in the source document)
- A total of 30 (?) MiG-15/MiG-15U were counted at the airfield.
Source: BND/Bundesarchiv B 206/3033
(For the P. O. Box numbers the digits 3 and 5 may be confused, because they are difficult to distinguish in the source document)
In the 1960s
Situation
Neuruppin Air Base on a US map from 1969 - The Berlin-Rostock autobahn did not exist at this time.
Source: Earth Sciences and Map Library, University of California, Berkeley
In the 1970s
Situation
Neuruppin Air Base on a map of the US Department of Defense from 1972
Source: ONC E-2 (1972), Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection, University of Texas at Austin
Overview
Neuruppin Air Base on a US satellite image from 25 November 1970
Source: U.S. Geological Survey
Runway in the west
Source: U.S. Geological Survey
Aircraft shelter in the north
Source: U.S. Geological Survey
Flight line
Source: U.S. Geological Survey
Shelter area in the norheast
Source: U.S. Geological Survey
Runway in the east
Source: U.S. Geological Survey
Installations in the southeast
Source: U.S. Geological Survey
Anti-aircraft missile site, 4.5 km south-southwest of the airfield
Source: U.S. Geological Survey
Radio communication
Call sign: GIDROSTAT
In the 1980s and early 1990s
Runways
Data for the year 1990:
- 10/28: 2400 m Concrete
Radio beacons
Data for the year 1990:
- LOM 28: 842 "WÖ"
- LMM 28: 412 "W"
- LOM 10: 842 "GK"
- LMM 10: 412 "G"
Radio communication
Call sign: CHUTOROK (1990)
Units
1990: 730 IBAP (Su-17M-4, Su-17UM-3); 9 OVE (Mi-6, Mi-8, Mi-9)
History
- 1988
Crash of a Neuruppin FITTER in early 1988. The US Military Liaison Mission is able to forward 50 pounds of parts of the aircraft. (Source: USMLM 1988)
Images
Pieces of wreckage from a Neuruppin Su-17 FITTER Source: USMLM 1988
The aircraft crashed in early 1988. The parts have been collected by the US Military Liaison Mission.
Today
Use
Closed. A part of the former area is used as glider airfield.
Links
- /BYU/:
http://lib.byu.edu/collections/german-maps/ - German Maps (Topographische Karte 1:25,000)
Bibliography
- /USMLM 1988/:
United States Military Liaison Mission: "Unit History 1988"
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