Marienkhof

Marienkhof/Dunayevka
Marienkhof/Dunayevka
Pionersky, Kaliningrad Oblast in Russia
	Marienkhof Shown within Kaliningrad Oblast Marienkhof Marienkhof (Russia)
Coordinates	54°51′54″N 020°11′6″E
Type	Air Base
Site information
Owner	Ministry of Defence
Operator	Russian Air Force
Site history
Built	1950
In use	1950s - present
Airfield information
Identifiers	ICAO: ZA7X
Elevation	58 metres (190 ft) AMSL
Runways
03/21	2,000 metres (6,562 ft) Concrete

Marienkhof (German) (Dunayevka (Russian), Kottslyauken (US)) is a former air base in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia located 10 km south of Pionersky. It was in use during the 1950s and has been abandoned near the end of the Cold War. It has a spartan layout, unimproved pads, if any, and an alert strip feeding directly onto the runway threshold.[1]

In the mid-1950s up to 75 Ilyushin Il-28 (ASCC: Beagle) tactical bombers were based at Marienkhof.[2] The 51st Maritime Torpedo Aviation Regiment was based here , plus a reconnaissance regiment .

There was a significant drawdown in forces by 1962, by which aircraft were rarely observed at the airfield except for the occasional Il-28,[3] indicating Marienkhof became a reserve airfield.

It is now the location of Pionersky Radar Station.[4]

References

"Pionersky, Dunayevka airbase, Kaliningrad".
AIRFIELD ACTIVITY IN THE USSR AND SATELLITES (BASED ON(Sanitized)PHOTOGRAPHY), October 1957, CREST: CIA-RDP78T04753A000300040010-6, Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, DC, p. 78.
196204_MISSION COVERAGE INDEX MISSION 9031 27-28 FEBRUARY 1962 1-3 MARCH 1962, CREST: CIA-RDP78B04560A000100010064-4, Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, DC.
Podvig, Pavel (2011-11-29). "Voronezh-DM radar near Kaliningrad is operational". Russian Strategic Nuclear Forces. Retrieved 2012-01-09.

http://www.ww2.dk/new/air%20force/regiment/iap/821iap.htm - 821st Fighter Aviation Regiment briefly reported at Pioniersky

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[1] "Pionersky, Dunayevka airbase, Kaliningrad".

[2] AIRFIELD ACTIVITY IN THE USSR AND SATELLITES (BASED ON(Sanitized)PHOTOGRAPHY), October 1957, CREST: CIA-RDP78T04753A000300040010-6, Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, DC, p. 78.

[3] 196204_MISSION COVERAGE INDEX MISSION 9031 27-28 FEBRUARY 1962 1-3 MARCH 1962, CREST: CIA-RDP78B04560A000100010064-4, Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, DC.

[Podvig-Kaliningrad-4] Podvig, Pavel (2011-11-29). "Voronezh-DM radar near Kaliningrad is operational". Russian Strategic Nuclear Forces. Retrieved 2012-01-09.