Cuniow/Kuniow/Kuhnau airfield

[Richard T Eger]

From 12 O'Clock High!:

Voldemar
airfield Cuniow? near Lwow
Thu Nov 27 14:29:32 2003
194.44.246.250

Hello!
Who help me with information about airfield Cuniow (near Lemberg(Lwow)), Western Ukraine? III./SG77 based on this airfield in 1944.
With the best wishes, Voldemar

[Richard T Eger]

From TOCH!:

Dénes Bernád
Cuniow/Kuniów/Kuhnau
Fri Nov 28 20:41:59 2003
204.101.53.233

I answered your question on my discussion forum:
http://disc.server.com/discussion.cgi?disc=181285;article=1353;title=Cent ral%20and%20East%20European%20Aviation%20History%2 0Forum

Dénes

(This is the answer Dénes gave on his forum:

"Dénes Bernád
Cuniow/Kuniow/Kuhnau
Thu Nov 27 19:57:46 2003
149.99.117.232

Prior to the war, the small city was located in Eastern Poland. The name is alternatively spelled as Kuniow.
In 1939, it had 2377 inhabitants.
The city's German name was Kuhnau.

According to Flugzeugbestand des Stabes und der III./JG 51, equipped with Bf109G-6s, in Juli '44 it stationed at the following places: Minsk, Pinsk, Kowno, Cuniow, so the city should be somewhere in that area.

Interestingly, a Hungarian Stuka squadron (102/1.) also stationed there at the end of June 1944.

Dénes"

Dénes' forum is on his Central and East European Aviation History website at http://aviatia.cda.ro/denes/start.html .

Regards,
Richard