Eschwege Airfield serves Eschwege, DE.
Eschwege Airfield (DE-0166) was a German Luftwaffe transport and support airfield during World War II, constructed in 1936. It was captured by the US Army in April 1945 and used by the Ninth Air Force until the end of the war, then for scrapping captured German equipment. The airfield officially closed in January 1946 and was subsequently used as a displaced persons camp until April 1949, housing up to 3,355 Jewish individuals at its peak. Today, the site has been redeveloped into an industrial area, though some original structures remain.
*Sources researched: en.wikipedia.org, airportmap.de, lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de, avia.wikisort.org, de.zxc.wiki*
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Eschwege Airfield is located in Eschwege, DE, at an elevation of 522 ft. Its IATA code is — and ICAO code is DE-0166.