Bissel

52°56'40"N 008°08'47"E

Flying field: unk - ...x...meters/...feet - grass

Flying Field Bissel (german: Feldflughafen Bissel, also known as Flugplatz Großenkneten-Sage) was a Luftwaffe airbase during World War II.
Construction of the air field began in 1937, when an air 'field' (german: Feldflughafen) was just that: a field from which aircraft flew.
On the north side a maintenance area was constructed, north of the main road a barracks for personnel was built.
As was common with Feldflughafen, units were only briefly stationed.
Documented was the use by III./KG54 "Totenkopf", flying He-111 bombers in 1940.
In 1944/45 fightergroups remained longer to counter the Allied Bomber threat.
Known in that period are III./JG6 "Horst Wessel", flying Messerschmidt Bf108G fighters.
From March 1945 the airfield was also used by IV./JG26 "Schlageter" with Focke-Wolf FW190D fighters.

The airbase was demilitarised after the war.
The airfield became an agricultural area.
On the southern edge of the base a depot of the German Bundeswehr and a Dutch Corps depot were built.
The former barracks were turned into a school camp, for which the British army supplied a Nissen hut to replace damaged buildings.


The school camp is still in use today.
Some WW II-era buildings can still be found there.
The former airfield is recognisable from the air, if you know that it is there.
With the exception of private property the terrain is freely accessible.





Feldflugplatz Bissel in 2007 (Google Earth) showing
the Bundeswehr and Dutch Corps depot on the south side of the former airfield.