VFR trip to Dresden

[dppintr]

We made a trip to Dresden, with stops at Alt Lönnewitz (production site of the Arado 234-B in WW2) and Grossenhain (the Red Baron received training here). On the way we also passed castle Colditz.

 

Alt Lönnewitz was already used in the 1920s as a civilian airfield. In the mid-1930s it became a military airfield of the Luftwaffe. The Arado 234Bs were built at Alt Lönnewitz.

 

Dresden was all but wiped off the map by allied bombings in 1945. After the war restoration work has helped to reconstruct parts of the historic inner city.

 

Grossenhain airport is one of the oldest operating airfields in Germany. Regular operations started in April 1914, and it was a training facility for the likes of none other than Manfred von Richthofen.

 

Colditz Castle's notoriety stems from its years as Oflag IVC, where the Germans imprisoned officers who had already escaped from less secure camps and been recaptured.

 

We also passed a small part of the former inner German border that was left as a memorial.

 

A trip report with pictures can be found here

 

 

[kaz3g]

Thank you for sharing.

 

Kaz

 

 

[dppintr]

 

(I wanted to add pictures to the original post, but that appears not possible; anyway, they are in the trip report)

 

 

[Robbo]

 

 

(I wanted to add pictures to the original post, but that appears not possible; anyway, they are in the trip report)

Should be, copy the image link and the insert the link between [ img] insert link here [ /image] (remove the space in the img brackets)