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looks great  - I can not wait!

The paratroopers played a important roll in Fall Gelb

will you have :

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Eben-Emael

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Fort_Eben-Emael

Fall Gelb Northern Front

Germany initiated Fall Gelb on the evening prior to and the night of 10 May.
During the late evening of 9 May, German forces occupied Luxembourg.
Army Group B launched its feint offensive during the night into the Netherlands and Belgium.
During the morning of 10 May, Fallschirmjäger (paratroopers) from the 7th Flieger and 22.
Luftlande Infanteriedivision under Kurt Student executed surprise landings at The Hague, on the road to Rotterdam and against the Belgian fort at Eben-Emael
 in order to facilitate Army Group B's advance.

The French command reacted immediately, sending its 1st Army Group north in accordance with Plan D.
This move committed their best forces, diminishing their fighting power by the partial disorganization it caused
and their mobility by depleting their fuel stocks.
By the time the French 7th Army crossed the Dutch border, they found the Dutch already in full retreat, and withdrew into Belgium to protect Brussels.

here are the actual FJ Drop zones in and near Rotterdam

[GilB57]

Attacking Maastrich bridges:


Liège-Bierset airfield:


Gymnich airfield:


Vogelsang airfield:


Ockenburg airfield:


... and, in 4 days from now, I'll be on the beach ! (next update in august  )

[cgagan]

Bonnes vacances!!!!

[SAS~Poltava]

Yes, have a nice holiday. You deserve it! 

[GilB57]

Thx !

(list updated : some secondary airfields added)

[Mixx]

Gilles,
Masterpiece!
Thank you for the hard and persistent work!
Luck.

[HundertzehnGustav]

Thanks for making my Local, and national Airfield!

Wiki
History

The airport was originally known as "Sandweiler Airport", and was opened in the 1930s as a small grass airfield with a relatively short, 3400' (1000m) runway.
[edit] German use during World War II

Neutral Luxembourg was invaded by Germany on 10 May 1940, and on 21 May, the Luftwaffe assigned Jagdgeschwader 53 (JG 53), a Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighter unit to the airport. JG 53 was engaged in combat against the French and British Expeditionary Force in France during the Battle of France in May and June. In additive, Jagdgeschwader 52 (JG 52) also operated Bf 109s from Sandweiler during the Blitzkrieg. JG 52 moved into France on 29 May, however JG 53 remained in Luxembourg until 18 August until moving closer to the English Channel to take part in the Battle of Britain.[5]

Sandweiler Airport remained unused by the Luftwaffe until September 1944, when a reconnaissance unit, Aufklärungsgruppe 123 (AKG 123) was assigned to the airport which flew the Henschel Hs 126, a two-seat reconnaissance and observation aircraft. AKG 123 moved east into Germany after only a few days when the United States Army moved through Luxembourg and cleared the country of the occupying German forces.[5]
[edit] Allied use

United States Army combat engineers arrived at Sandweiler in mid September 1944 and performed some minor reconstruction to prepare the airfield for Ninth Air Force combat aircraft. The airfield was designated as Advanced Landing Ground "A-97" Sandweiler and was opened on 18 September. The Ninth Air Force 363d Tactical Reconnaissance Group operated a variety of photo-reconnaissance aircraft until 29 October 1944 when they also moved east into Germany.[6][7]

Sandweiler Airport was used by the Americans for the rest of the war as a transport supply airfield and also to evacuate combat casualties to England. It was returned to Luxembourg control on 15 August 1945.

[242Sqn_Cat]

Hi GilB, Manston needs reverting back to a grass field. Take a look at it on Canon's BoB map - that's as close to its real 1940 layout as anyone has got so far.
:cheers:

[Knochenlutscher]

Bitumen or not

full: Essen-Mühlheim or Rhein-Ruhr-Flughafen, was upgraded in 1935, being one of the first bitumen/concrete Airports in Europe.
Later one of the main operational Me 262 airports (primary). II./KG(J)51 stationed in Winter 44/45.
Essen-Mühlheim is one of the few concrete AB's at that time, you should add to your list.

partially: Butzweilerhof not Budsweiler
Flughafen Köln-Butzweilerhof: had only a huge concrete Rollway before the mainhangar/building 100x70 + 50x135 Meter  and small sourrounding service concrete rollway.
Later it was an intended Me 262 capable airfield (secondary), maybe given a concrete runway?, not used operationally but listed in the fields on use/Emergency landing etc.

http://www.butzweilerhof.com/butz_entwicklung_36.htm
http://www.rheinische-industriekultur.de/objekte/koeln/Butzweiler%20Hof%20Flughafen/Butzweiler.html


partially: 1933 Düsseldorf became a similar rollway/concrete forefield to that in Köln, before the mainbuilding/ hangars, only later it received concrete runways (war) and serviceways (1950).
http://www.nur-duesseldorf.de/flughafen/Geschichte.html
You should find pics of the mainbuilding and attached buildings, simply add a forefield to it.

Mönchengladbach was grass, but had a concrete forefield to, this was a common design/system on german Airports and Airfields, even smaller (Halle-Nietleben) had these.
Hope this helps

[[URU]Fox]

I just read about this... Great News!!!!

[Hawkman]

Great Stuff - really looking forward to this.

Many Thanks

Hawkers

[bomberkiller]

Hi all,

...and please don't forget:

In the early war parts of the "Schlageter Squadron" JG26 was deployed in Köln Ostheim (Cologne right riverside)!

Greetings from near there, Gerhard