page_title: Lippstadt Airfield
section_title: Origins
hierarchical_section_title: Lippstadt Airfield / History / Origins
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Kasernenbauten der ehemaligen Luftwaffenkaserne Lippstadt-Lipperbruch English: Buildings of former "Luftwaffenkaserne" Lippstadt-Lipperbruch
context_page_description: Lippstadt Airfield is a former military airfield located in Germany, located in the northern part of Lippstadt; approximately 222 miles west-southwest of Berlin.
  Fliegerhorst Lippstadt was a pre-World War II Luftwaffe airfield, opening in 1936. Primarily a support airfield for most of the war, Anti-Aircraft FlaK units were assigned and in 1944 it became a night interceptor airfield against Royal Air Force bomber attacks on Germany. It was seized by Allied ground forces in early April 1945 during the Western Allied invasion of Germany, being used as a combat airfield by the USAAF until the end of the war. It was closed in July 1945.
context_section_description: Fliegerhorst Lippstadt was opened in 1936, one of the first Luftwaffe airfields of the reconstituted German Air Force. It was opened as a fighter base, with Jagdgeschwader 132 (JG 132), being activated at the airfield in March, equipped with the Heinkel He 51, a biplane design which was the first fighter of the reborn Luftwaffe.
  In addition to JG 132, many fighter units were organized at Lippstadt in the late 1930s, forming the core units of the wartime Luftwaffe. JG 134, also with He 51s and Arado Ar 68Es, another biplane fighter was formed a week later. In April 1937, Kampfgeschwader 254 (KG 254) was formed with Junkers Ju 52 transports, similar to the Douglas C-47; JG 142 in November 1938 with early-model Messerschmitt Bf 109C models; Zerstörergeschwader 142 (ZG 142), in January 1939 with Bf 109C and Ds, and ZG 26 in May 1939 also with Bf 109Ds. All of these units were deployed to other airfields around Germany, and most of them took part in the Conquest of Poland in September 1939.
caption: former air-traffic control centre (Lilienthalstr./Ringstr.)
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