Schönhauser Damm was a Soviet auxiliary airfield with an unpaved runway near the Klietz military training area. It was occasionally used for exercises.

History

June 1952
Start of construction work, the work is carried out by the East German Bauunion Brandenburg and/or Bauunion Leipzig.
Late June 1952
The area was cleared.
Mid July 1952
Grading works, individual construction sheds are erected, gravel arrived at the field.
August 1952
Leveling work and the cutting of trees is not yet completed. End of August, five carloads of sheet metal are being shipped from Eisenach to Wudicke railroad station.
September 1952
Two lanes about 40 m wide are excavated and then filled with peat dust. Either for two runways or for one runway and one taxiway. The landing field is provided with a layer of humus which is hauled to the installation by means of a narrow-gauge field railroad track. There are some temporary buildings and tents at the field. Runway mats are moved from Wudicke and piled up at the field.
January 1953
Work is still in progress, the field is to be completed by March 1953. About 200 men are employed at the field. Leveling work is completed for the eastern third of the field, it is in progress for the middle section, while the western third is not yet covered with the top layer of earth. A barbed wire fence is being erected around the field.
Mid of June 1953
Runway matting is stacked up at the field.
Mid of July 1953
The runway matting is shipped away again.
End of July 1953
New runway matting is shipped to the field.
August 1953
The field is occupied by a Soviet guard detail of 60 to 80 men.
October 1953
The airfield in unoccupied, the grass cover is in poor condition.
November 1953
There are large piles of runway mats stored in the southern section of the field and additional mats have arrived since late October. This means that there are approx. 40,000 mats stored at the field.
June 1954
The airfield is not occupied by aircraft, but only a small detail of about 25 Soviet Air Force soldiers. More than 100 piles of runway mats are in the south-eastern section of the field.
October 1954
The runway mats are still not laid.
February 1955
Situation is unchanged.
June 1955
A Soviet air force guard detail consisting of about 15 men is stationed at the field. The stacks of runway mats are unchanged. These stacks are 70 to 90 m long, 12 to 15 m wide, and about 7 meters high.
July/August 1955
MiG-15 and Il-10 make low-level attacks to the airfield, firing at large white discs erected at the airfield.
15./16. June 1971
The Neuruppin ground-attack fighter regiment deploys to Schönhauser Damm. The activity is observed for 31 hours by a team of the US Military Liaison Mission (USMLM).