GA trip to Dresden

We made a trip with a Cessna Skylane 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.

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Arado 234B

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.

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Dresden, Neumarkt

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.

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Grossenhain

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.

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Colditz Castle

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

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Former inner German border

It was an interesting trip.

Happy Landings 🙂