Idritsa

56°20'54"N 028°53'33"E

runway: 12/30 - 2000x..m - concrete?

Idritsa airfield (Russian: also written as Adrica airfield) was an airfield 545 kilometers west of Moscow.
The airfield was built and completed in 1941.
That year, Captain Proshakov of 402 IAP (Interceptor Aviation Regiment) landed his MiG-3 at the yet uncompleted airfield, in the dark, using only his on board lighting, after shootig down a Luftwaffe Dornier bomber.
By June the airfield must have been completed, because on 22 June 1941 402 IAP was based at the airfield, presumably with the 213 SBAP (fast bomber regiment).
Due to intense fighting near Nevel, Velikie Luki and Novosokolniki, only 3 aircraft remained on strength by 11 July and the unit was withdrawn to Moscow to be re-equipped.
By 1943 the airfield was firmly in German hands, and used by elements of Fliegergeschwader z.b.V. 7 (Special Operations Wing 7), flying Fi 156.
Their 2 Staffel operated from the airfield in support of anti-partisan operations in the Nevel-Idritsa area near the Russian-Latvian border.
In January 1944 it was also used by Stab/NAGr.5 and l/NAGr.5, flying FW 189.


No photos of the airfield while in use have been located


After the Second World War the airfield was upgraded with a 2000m runway.
Facilities existed for about 10 fighters.
The airfield appeared on USAF aeronautical maps in 1970.
At some point it was demolished though.
Almost nothing remains, not even geometrics, except a cleared-out area..





Overview of the former airfield in 2007 (Google Earth)