Rangsdorf
In the spring of 1935, the Reich's Ministry of Aviation (RLM) decided on Rangsdorf as the site for construction of an airfield and a platform for seaplanes (on the shores of the Rangsdorfer See). The Bücker-Flugzeugbau GmbH company founded on October 3, 1933 in Berlin-Johannisthal left this field for Rangsdorf in the fall of 1935 to produce Bü 131 'Jungmann' and Bü 133 'Jungmeister' models. The airfield was officially designated Reichssportflughafen Rangsdorf (Reich's Sports Airfield Rangsdorf). The Reichsschule für Motorflug (Reich's Motorized Flight School) was also based there from 1936 on. The Bücker factory ceased its operations on April 20, 1945.
The site was captured by the Red Army without resistance two days later. Some fighter units flying on La-5/-7 were stationed there between 1945 and 1946, when the 201.ZAM, a maintenance unit later renamed the 825.ARZ, moved there in August. Activities began with the revision of piston engines as well as the maintenance and the modifications of the following aircraft types: IL-2/-10, La-5/-7/-9, Po-2, Pe-2 and Yak-3 /-11/-12. Work on Mi-2 helicopters began in 1972, while the Mi-8T started to arrive in 1981. Not only did the 825.ARZ overhaul the 'Hip' helicopters from the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany. It also took care of the Mi-8 from the Northern (Poland) and Central (Czechoslovakia) groups of Soviet Forces. Nearly 200 aircraft, helicopter and missiles were destroyed on the site starting in 1991. The last elements of the Western Group of Forces still present in Rangsdorf left the scene in 1994. It is also rumoured that on 20 July 1944 Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg flew in to carry out his unsuccessful attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler at Wolfsschanze.
The site was captured by the Red Army without resistance two days later. Some fighter units flying on La-5/-7 were stationed there between 1945 and 1946, when the 201.ZAM, a maintenance unit later renamed the 825.ARZ, moved there in August. Activities began with the revision of piston engines as well as the maintenance and the modifications of the following aircraft types: IL-2/-10, La-5/-7/-9, Po-2, Pe-2 and Yak-3 /-11/-12. Work on Mi-2 helicopters began in 1972, while the Mi-8T started to arrive in 1981. Not only did the 825.ARZ overhaul the 'Hip' helicopters from the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany. It also took care of the Mi-8 from the Northern (Poland) and Central (Czechoslovakia) groups of Soviet Forces. Nearly 200 aircraft, helicopter and missiles were destroyed on the site starting in 1991. The last elements of the Western Group of Forces still present in Rangsdorf left the scene in 1994. It is also rumoured that on 20 July 1944 Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg flew in to carry out his unsuccessful attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler at Wolfsschanze.