Barracks Ruin Seefliegerhorst Zwischenahn
Barracks Ruin Seefliegerhorst Zwischenahn
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July 22, 2024
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1937 to 1939: Founding and civilian use
The Zwischenahn air base was officially commissioned on October 1, 1937 as the Zwischenahn seaplane base and was initially only equipped with …
•July 22, 2024
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1939 to 1945: Takeover by the Luftwaffe and Second World War
Shortly before the start of the Second World War, the airfield was taken over by the Wehrmacht's Luftwaffe …
•July 22, 2024
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The end of the Second World War also marked the end of the Bad Zwischenahn air base. The airfield was blown up by the occupying forces, as were two of the three runways. The rubble was used, among other things, for road construction. Only the third runway, which runs parallel to Lake Zwischenahn, and a hangar remained and were used as a makeshift airfield by the Canadian Air Force until 1946.
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