Schwäbisch Hall: Hessental Army Airfield AAF
Hessental, Camp Dolan, Dolan Barracks, Adolf Würth Airport
For historical information only, do not use for navigation or aviation purposes!
| Coordinates | N490706 E0094702 (WGS84) Google Maps |
| Federal state | Baden-Württemberg |
| Location indicator | DBSH (195x), EDOP (196x-199x), EDTY (199x-) |
Germany during the Cold War Map
The history of the Cold War airfields: Schwäbisch Hall
During World War II
Usage
Luftwaffe air base (Fliegerhorst).
Situation
Schwäbisch Hall 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
Usage
US Army airfield.
In the 1970s
Situation
Schwäbisch Hall Hessental Army Airfield (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
Schwäbisch Hall Army Airfield on a US satellite image from 13 August 1973
Source: U.S. Geological Survey
In the 1980s and early 1990s
Overview
Radio beacons
- NDB: 482 "SWH", at field
Today
Usage
Airfield.
Images
Old runway and construction of the new one in 2004 - Spontaneous snapshot from an airplane approaching Stuttgart :-)
Control tower (2011)
Links
- https://www.edty.de/ - Adolf Würth Airport
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