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    Braunschweig Wolfsburg Airport (‹See Tfd›German: Flughafen Braunschweig-Wolfsburg) (IATA: BWE, ICAO: EDVE) is an airport in Braunschweig, Germany. Originally...
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    (Germany) Oflag 76 in Lwów (Poland) Oflag 77 in Dęblin (Poland) Oflag 79 in Waggum, Braunschweig Stalag 122 in Compiègne (France) Stalag 133 in Rennes (France)...
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  • Glogowski started his political career in 1972 as Mayor of the city district of Waggum in Brunswick. He changed in 1976 upon the chair as Lord Mayor of Brunswick...
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    Riddagshausen, Querum, and Waggum. The district was formed in 2011 out of the former districts of Wabe-Schunter and Bienrode-Waggum-Bevenrode. Both districts...
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    Formed in 2011 out of the former boroughs of Wabe-Schunter and Bienrode-Waggum-Bevenrode. The current mayor of Braunschweig is Thorsten Kornblum of the...
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  • Schlichting worked on setting up the Aerodynamic Institute at the Braunschweig-Waggum airport. Some features of a boundary layer transitioning from a laminar...
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    War II prisoner-of-war camp for Allied officers. The camp was located at Waggum near Braunschweig in Germany, also known by the English name of Brunswick...
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    attacked a Messerschmitt aircraft parts manufacturing plant at Brunswick/Waggum Airfield. Weather conditions deteriorated during the flight to the target...
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  • and his POWs were evacuated to Germany where he ended up in Oflag 79 at Waggum, near Brunswick. During 1944, the prisoners in Oflag 79 began to suspect...
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  • October 1944 170047 Landing gear failure during landing at Braunschweig-Waggum, 25% damage Hauptmann Franz Schall 5 October 1944 110405 Out fuel resulting...
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    March 1945 Gutersloh Airfield (R-85), Germany, 16 April 1945 Brunswick/Waggum Airfield (R-37), Germany, 26 April 1945 AAF Station Wiesbaden, Germany,...
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    attacked a Messerschmitt aircraft parts manufacturing plant at Brunswick/Waggum Airfield. Weather conditions deteriorated during the flight to the target...
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    attacked a Messerschmitt aircraft parts manufacturing plant at Brunswick/Waggum Airfield. Weather conditions deteriorated during the flight to the target...
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  • Vallstedt, Vechelade, Vechelde, Veltheim (Ohe), Völkenrode, Volkmarode, Waggum, Wahle, Watenbüttel, Weddel, Wedtlenstedt, Wendeburg, Wenden, Wendezelle...
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    to regain control, Bär was killed in the resulting crash at Braunschweig-Waggum. The National-Zeitung, a far-right German newspaper, featured a portrayal...
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    Major. Following the conversion to the Messerschmitt Bf 109 at Braunschweig-Waggum, the Gruppe was tasked to attack various targets in Southern England during...
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    April 1945 Gütersloh Airfield (Y-99), Germany, 12 April 1945 Brunswick/Waggum Airfield (R-37), Germany, 24 April 1945 AAF Station Heidelberg, Germany...
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    attacked a Messerschmitt aircraft parts manufacturing plant at Brunswick/Waggum Airfield. Weather conditions deteriorated during the flight to the target...
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    March 1945 Gutersloh Airfield (R-85), Germany, 16 April 1945 Brunswick/Waggum Airfield (R-37), Germany, 26 April 1945 AAF Station Wiesbaden (Y-80), Germany...
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    airfields used by American forces in Braunschweig (Brunswick). Brunswick-Waggum (R-37) and Brunswick-Broitzem (R-38). Citations Bailey, Carl E. (6 April...
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    Haltern, Germany, 3 April 1945 Gutersloh, Germany, 18 Apr 1945 Brunswick-Waggum Airfield, (R-37), Germany, 22 April 1945 – 1945 AAF Station Fürstenfeldbruck...
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    3600x120 SOD (12/30) Use: Supply and Evacuation Airfield R-37 Brunswick/Waggum, Germany Now: Braunschweig Airport (IATA: BWE, ICAO: EDVE) Located: 52°19′09″N...
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    Luther-Werke, a mechanical engineering company, and the repair facilities at Waggum. The bombers were escorted by 466 fighter aircraft. Zwernemann claimed the...
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  • II ace Heinz Bär dies in the crash of an LF-1 Zaunkönig at Braunschweig-Waggum, West Germany. He had finished World War II in May 1945 as its top jet ace...
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    March 1945 Gütersloh Airfield (Y-99), Germany, c. 15 April 1945 Brunswick/Waggum Airfield (R-37), Germany, c. 22 April 1945 AAF Station Wiesbaden (Y-80)...
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  • Messerschmitt Me 410, in Braunschweig, and the aircraft repair works in Waggum, a district of Braunschweig. The 3rd Bombardment Division sent 169 bombers...
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    Fortress Serial 42-39775 damaged during a raid on the Bf 110 assembly plant at Waggum, near Brunswick Germany – 11 January 1944. This aircraft was repaired and...
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  • Institute of Aeronautical Metrology and Flight Meteorology at the Braunschweig-Waggum airfield under the leadership of Prof. Dr. Heinrich Koppe. At the end of...
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  • Schmid, commander of the I. Jagdkorps, at his headquarters in Braunschweig-Waggum on 10 April 1944. Frank then went on a short vacation at home with his wife...
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