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Lemwerder: Airfield

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CoordinatesN530833 E0083726 (WGS84) Google Maps
Federal stateNiedersachsen (Lower Saxony)
Location indicatorDDLM, EDWD
Map with location of Lemwerder Airfield, Germany
Germany during the Cold War Map

During World War II

Situation

Lemwerder Airfield in World War II on a US map 1943
Lemwerder Airfield in World War II on a US map from 1943
Source: McMaster University Library Digital Archive, License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.5 CC BY-NC 2.5 CA

Overview

Lemwerder Airfield on a US map 1951
Lemwerder Airfield on a US map from 1951 - The aerodrome is located at the Weser river.
Source: AMS M841 GSGS 4414, Courtesy Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University

During the Cold War

Use

Aircraft plant. Also used by US Army helicopter.

In the 1960s

Use

Vereinigte Flugtechnische Werke GmbH (VFW)

Overview

Lemwerder Airfield, Germany, on a US satellite image 1964
Lemwerder Airfield on a US satellite image from Wednesday 23 December 1964 - The landscape is snow-covered, the runway and the apron are cleared.
Source: U.S. Geological Survey

Runways

16/34, with web jet barriers.

Radio beacons

  • NDB Weser: 277 "WSR", 215°/14.0 NM to field

Radio communication

  • Bremen Approach Control 120.1, 263.4
  • Nordholz Approach Control 350.7
  • Lemwerder Tower 122.0, 263.4, 305.3, 257.8, 257.2

In the 1970s

Situation

Lemwerder airfield near Bremen on a US map 1972
Lemwerder airfield near Bremen on a map of the US Department of Defense from 1972
Source: US DoD

In the 1980s

Overview

Map of Lemwerder 1984
Lemwerder in 1984
Source: US DoD

Runways

  • 16/34: 1900m x 45m Asphalt

Lights

Aerodrome beacon white-green.

Radio beacons

  • LLZ34: 111.3 "ILE"
  • Locator/Outer Marker: 276.5 "BW"

Radio communication

  • Lemwerder Tower 122.35, 339.05, 362.95
  • Lemwerder Ops (2nd AD FLT OPS) 30.1

Telephone

US Army 2nd Armored Division (FWD) Aviation Ops 0421-672516

Units

2nd AD (3rd Bde, 7th USAR) 2 UH-1H, 4 OH-58A; X 2-1 Cav (7th USAR) 4 AH-1F, 6 OH-58C

Today

Use

Closed.

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