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Kassel-Rothwesten Airfield

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During the Cold War the 319th Army Security Agency (ASA) Battalion was responsible for an area that stretched from the Baltic Sea to Southern Germany and from near the Dutch border to the East–West German border. The 319th Battalion had Company level units at various locations throughout Germany. The
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arrived and established "Kassel Air Depot" whose mission was to maintain and service the combat aircraft remaining operational in Germany. The 36th Fighter Group remained until November 1945, and ATSC became the main organization at the facility. In September 1946, the Air Force was consolidating its
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Spare parts for these machines were eventually stored in some of the basements, but by March/April 1945 production stopped as supplies ran out. Orders were issued to dismantle the production line. This work was about 90% complete when the war ended. The unfinished wings and fuselages had already been
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From 1944 until April 1945, the remaining larger buildings of Rothwesten were used by Fieseler aircraft industries as a small production line for planes. According to eyewitness reports, most were Me-109 fighters of the later types (probably G versions and perhaps a few Ks). Also during the winter of
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As a result of having been built with very deep foundations, some buildings could be equipped with basements, and some even with a sub-basement. These were used to store all kinds of things. They were not used as bomb shelters, for the walls were not thick enough. However, there was a "Bierkeller," a
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During the war, Rothwesten was of less strategic importance. The new planes could not use it. The runway was too short, and it was not concrete. Nevertheless, parts of the maintenance crew stayed behind to serve the flying school which still had its facilities there. The most important task for the
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The Army Air Force took over the base on 7 April 1945 and engineers from the IX Engineering Command inspected every corner above and underground. Every door was carefully examined; there was still a chance that some booby-traps might be found. After inspection, they sealed (welded) all doors of
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The first buildings at the airfield were put into service on 1 May 1935. In December 1935 the first pupils arrived for the new flying school which had been established there, and by mid 1939 the Fliegerstab Rothwesten was completed and at war strength, hosting a reconnaissance group taking
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For the soldiers and Luftwaffe men, who were used to old, grey buildings, it was like a resort. In its day it was one of the most modern and best-equipped Luftwaffe bases: it had a swimming pool, hospital, gas station for private cars, barber shop, post office, and other facilities.
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canteen for officers from the base, with murals on the walls. It remained in use at the base, which became a Bundeswehr barracks, until the site was closed down in 2007. Behind the Bierkeller was an arched gallery which was closed with concrete by the Americans after the war.
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Also on the Kaserne was a battery of Hawk Air Defense Missiles. This was "Charlie" Btry, 6th BN, 517th Arty. Their barracks were directly behind the EM club. Their missiles were deployed on the hill along the long sweeping curved entrance to the Kaserne's main entrance.
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or facility for initial accommodation). As of February 2016, it houses 170 refugees, mainly from Syria but others come from Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan or Algeria. Work has started to build additional housing in the area. The goal is to accommodate up to 900 refugees.
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combat airfield until the end of the war in Europe. After the war "Kassel Air Depot" was established at the airfield, before being closed in September 1946. United States Army units remained at Rothwesten Kaserne until it was closed in 1959.
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base was as a service center for night fighters. Aircraft that had to refuel during battle could land there, and minor repairs could be made. It was not a real combat airfield, and played a minor role during the war.
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319th Battalion comprised the 182nd USASA Company and the 184th USASA Company. The ASA unit at Rothwesten was a main intercept and MARBURG-equipped special identification techniques (SIT) site during the Cold War.
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cellars that were not going to be used. Generally those doors were found in the few sub-basements. Once confirmed suitable for operational use, the airfield was designated as
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Johnson, David C. (1988), U.S. Army Air Forces Continental Airfields (ETO), D-Day to V-E Day; Research Division, USAF Historical Research Center, Maxwell AFB, Alabama.
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inside the facility. Directed by Edward A. Tenenbaum, they were cut off from the rest of the world for seven weeks, and worked on the details of introducing the
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In April 1948, the US occupation authorities assembled a team of 25 German economic experts including later German Chancellor
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In the spring of 1948, the barracks were the setting of the "Conclave of Rothwesten", in which the introduction of the
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Maurer, Maurer. Air Force Combat Units of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History, 1983.
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on 21 April and continued operations from the airfield until the German Capitulation on 7 May.
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A 5000' Pierced Steel Planing runway was laid down for combat aircraft and on 17 April, the
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and a business park. In 2015, the area began to be used as a facility for housing refugees.
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and commenced combat operations. The 48th moved out in a few days, and was replaced by the
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In 2015, the State of Hessen rededicated the former barracks as a "camp" for refugees (
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was dissolved and the barracks were closed. After the German military left, the
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1943/1944, there was possibly a very small production line for the Ju-87D.
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and was used as an occupation garrison by the Air Force. In addition, the
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Municipal website on the facility's conversion to civilian use (German)
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After the US troops left on 1 October 1972, the facility passed to the
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It was also a mainstay of the European direction finding (DF) network.
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Building of the former Fritz Erler Kaserne/Airfield Rothwesten, 2015
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forces in the Munich Area, and the facility was turned over to
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as a combat airfield. It was seized in early April 1945 by the
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Under Army control, the facility was incorporated into the
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and was used primarily as an intelligence facility.
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Kassel-Rothwesten Airfield is located in Germany
51°23′25″N 009°32′03″E / 51.39028°N 9.53417°E / 51.39028; 9.53417

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