Kołobrzeg-Bagicz Airfield
airport in Kołobrzeg, Poland
Kołobrzeg-Bagicz Airfield is an airfield near the town of Kołobrzeg near Bagicz in West Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland. The airfield was built between 1935 and 1936 as Kolberg Air Base for the Luftwaffe in the then province of Pomerania and is located directly on the Baltic Sea.
History
1935-1945
The air base was built between 1935 and 1936 near Kolberg, located directly on the Baltic Sea in the area of the municipality of Bodenhagen. The runway had a grass surface. To the southeast of the air base were four large aircraft hangars and a large repair hangar. There were also other farm and accommodation buildings here. From April 1938, the first flying unit to be stationed here was the IV (Supplementary) Group of Jagdgeschwader 152. At the end of August 1939, Major General Egloff von Freyberg-Eisenberg was appointed commander of the airport area. During the German invasion of Poland in September 1939, the I Group of Kampfgeschwader 1 was based here.
1945-1992
On 18 March 1945, Polish and Soviet troops occupied the air base.
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