12th October 1939
Lager Lechfeld
Cover sent from Grosse Kampfliegerschule Lechfeld and bearing the camp cancellation (form 1). Ref: 12.10.1939, MFP32P70
Lager Lechfeld
Airfield (Fliegerhorst) 20 km south of Augsburg in Bavaria. Construction began in 1934 and it was inaugurated as a Luftwaffe Fliegerhorstkommandantur by autumn 1935. A major pre-war and wartime training base for bombers and night fighters. Wartime conversion courses to the Me 410 and He 177 were carried out here. Additionally, it was a wartime factory airfield (Industriehafen) used by the Messerschmitt firm for final assembly and test flight prior to delivery. In 1944-45, Me 262 jet units were equipped at Lechfeld.
School Units: Bombenschule Lechfeld (Mar 34 – Apr 35); Kampffliegerschule Lechfeld (May 35 – Oct 38); Grosse Kampffliegerschule Lechfeld (Nov 38 – Dec 39); II./NJ-Schule 1 (Nov 42 – Mar 43); II./NJG 101 (May – Dec 43); II.(Versuchs-)/KG 101 (Sep 43 – May 44).
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