Soesterberg
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Located on heathland north of the small town of Soesterberg in the province of Utrecht, The Netherlands.
The airfield was first used in 1910 and the LuchtVaartafdeling (Dutch Airforce or Air flying department) was founded there in 1913.
The following Luftwaffe units operated from Soesterberg:-
| Stab KG 4 | Jun 1940 | 19 Jul 1941 | |
| Fliegerhorst-Kommandantur E 12/X | Jun 1940 | Oct 1942 | |
| Stab JG 54 | 22 Jun 1940 | 20 Jul 1940 | |
| I./ JG 21 | 23 Jun 1940 | 2 Jul 1940 | |
| I./ KG 4 | 30 Jul 1940 | 26 Jun 1941 | Except for 2./KG4 which was detached to Comiso from late Dec 1940 to 10 Jun 1941, for operations against Malta. |
| IX Fliegerkorps | Nov 1940 | Jun 1941 | |
| II./ KG 4 | 12 Mar 1941 | 30 Mar 1941 | |
| III./ KG 4 | 1 May 1941 | 15 May 1941 | |
| II./ KG 40 | Sep 1941 | 17 Mar 1943 | |
| Stab KG 2 | 16 Dec 1941 | 15 Mar 1944 | except for a short period between 8 and 28 Nov 1942 when it was based at Cognac |
| 16./ KG 6 | Formed here 1 Sep 1942 from Erpr.210 | ||
| Fliegerhorst-Kommandantur A 205/VI | Oct 1942 | Apr 1944 | |
| II./ KG 2 | 11 Apr 1943 | Sep 1943 | |
| III./ KG 2 | 17 Mar 1943 | 11 Apr 1943 | |
| 3(F)./ 122 | Feb 1944 | 10 Sep 1944 |
References
The Luftwaffe, 1933-45 Michael Holm
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