| The airfield at Jagel is today the biggest and busiest Luftwaffe base. However, much of its wartime past is still very visible. Unfortunately, the Kommandantur was recently demolished and the site used for a large concrete command centre. |
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| The airfield at Jagel is today the biggest and busiest Luftwaffe base. However, much of its wartime past is still very visible. Unfortunately, the Kommandantur was recently demolished and the site used for a large concrete command centre. |
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| The hangers, which housed the Me110 nightfighters, remain today. Their disguise as farm buildings is still convincing. These ex hangers, connected by the weed infested taxiway, are today used as storerooms. |
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| This drawing shows the hanger in use with a Me110 inside. The matching photograph is a modern comparison. The open front has been bricked up. | |
| Most amazingly, in the town of Schleswig, the low brick wall where the pilots of II/NJG3 would sit wearing their dark glasses whilst waiting for the transport to the airfield, still remains. Very few passers-by realised the significance of this photograph of local historian Alex Herz. |
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For history of Schleswig in Schleswig-Holstein and the airfield at Schleswig Jagel known in the ‘British era’ as RAF Schleswig-Land click on the icon opposite and then choose the 'RAF Schleswig-Land' link. |
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