Illesheim: Army Air Field AAF

Storck Barracks, Army Heliport AHP

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CoordinatesN492826 E0102316 (WGS84) Google Maps
Map with location of Illesheim Army Air Field AAF, Germany
Germany during the Cold War
The history of the Cold War airfields: Illesheim

During World War II

Use

Luftwaffe air base.

Situation

Illesheim Air Base in World War II on a US map 1944
Illesheim Air Base in World War II on a US map from 1944
Source: McMaster University Library Digital Archive, License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.5 CC BY-NC 2.5 CA

During the Cold War

Use

US Army airfield.

In the 1950s

Overview

Illesheim Army Air Field AAF on a US map 1953
Illesheim Army Air Field AAF on a US map from 1953
Source: AMS M841 GSGS 4414, Courtesy Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University

In the 1970s

Situation

Illesheim AAF on a map 1972
Illesheim Army Air Field (AAF) 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

Illesheim Army Air Field AAF, Germany, on a US satellite image 1976
Illesheim Army Air Field on a US satellite image from 08 August 1976
Source: U.S. Geological Survey

Runways

  • 07/25: 914 m x 37 m Asphalt

Today

Use

US Army heliport.

Overview

Aerial image Illesheim Airfield, 2017
Aerial image (2017)
Source: Datenquelle: Bayerische Vermessungsverwaltung www.geodaten.bayern.de, License: Creative Commons Namensnennung 3.0 Deutschland (CC BY 3.0 DE)

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