Goslar Airfield

[Richard T Eger]

From 12 O'Clock High!:

R Benson
air base
Mon Nov 24 20:21:18 2003
213.122.184.127

Does any body know if there was a air base at GOSLAR or was it a military hospital.

[Richard T Eger]

From TOCH!:

Steve W.
Goslar
Mon Nov 24 22:33:10 2003
64.12.96.76

Big airfield with orgins back to 1927. Taken over by the Luftwaffe in 1936. Major base for transport and transport glider units throughout the wartime years.

S.W.

[Richard T Eger]

From TOCH!:

Tony Colvin
Goslar
Fri Dec 5 14:12:55 2003
209.90.134.33

That's right. It was associated with the Fallschirmjaegers.
The Aufklaerungsstaffel of Student's Flieger-Division 7 under Oberleutnant Lampertsdoerfer was there in 1940 during ops in Poland, Denmark, Norway, Netherlands,Belgium, and Crete.
It was a typical well-built LW base with all mod-cons and very comfortable. I know because I lived on it in 1952/3 when it was occupied by the Lincolnshire Regiment, which was part of the British 11 Armoured Division. It was still called Fligerhorst Goslar in those days although no aircraft ever used it and the hangers were full of army vehicles.