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Möhnesee-Günne airfield information and memorial site
Monument
The Günne - Brüningsen airfield
The local population called this wooded area an "airfield". However, the area was a training ground for German Luftwaffe fighter pilots. See Wikipedia "Jagdgeschwader 134 Horst Wessel"
The II. Group of this unit was stationed in Werl.
Information about the former airfield site can be found on the information board. The illustrative object shows a cement bomb that could be reassembled from individual parts.
The local population called this wooded area an "airfield". However, the area was a training ground for German Luftwaffe fighter pilots. See Wikipedia "Jagdgeschwader 134 Horst Wessel"
The II. Group of this unit was stationed in Werl.
Information about the former airfield site can be found on the information board. The illustrative object shows a cement bomb that could be reassembled from individual parts.
Address
Möhnesee-Günne airfield information and memorial site
Schlotweg
59519 Möhnesee
Telephone: 02921-302070
Properties:
The Werl airbase was completed in 1936. The single-engine fighter planes took off from there with bombs suspended underneath and with live machine gun ammunition. Flying low, they then shot at targets or dropped the bombs on marked targets in the area.
From the beginning of the Second World War, the fighter squadron was involved in missions on the front lines. According to contemporary witnesses, training was still carried out here during the war until around 1944. After the end of the war, the area was only partially cleared.
Nature recovered.
From the beginning of the Second World War, the fighter squadron was involved in missions on the front lines. According to contemporary witnesses, training was still carried out here during the war until around 1944. After the end of the war, the area was only partially cleared.
Nature recovered.
Directions
Günne Hude parking lot To the Arnsberg Forest 59519 Möhnesee You can park at the Günne Hude parking lot. Follow Zum Arnsberg Wald for approx. 550 m south towards Kellersiepenweg. Turn right onto Schlotweg and after a few hundred meters you will reach the information and memorial site on the right-hand side. There is a bench to rest on.
