Germany - Third Reich: A Luftzeugamt (Luftwaffe repair depot) 1/VI Civilian Worker’s I.D. Badge for the Küpper bei Sagan factory airfield at Sagan in Silesia, for unit 355/ VBK, worker number 67.
Third Reich: A Luftzeugamt (Luftwaffe repair depot) 1/VI worker’s I.D. badge for the Küpper bei Sagan factory airfield at Sagan in Silesia, for 355/ VBK, number 67, 57mm, multi piece zinc metal construction with outer circle painted red with vertical blue stripe, pin fitting to the reverse.
Condition: Good Very Fine.
Henry L. deZeng IV in his excellent publication, “Luftwaffe Aiffield 1935 - 45” reveals:
Sagan-Küpper (GER) (a.k.a. Küpper bei Sagan, Küpper) (51 37 45 N – 15 24 10 E) General: airfield (Fliegerhorst) and factory airfield (Industriehafen) at Sagan 45 km WSW of Glogau in Silesia and 12 km WNW of Sprottau; airfield 6 km ENE of Sagan and 1 km SW of the village of Küpper. History: built in 1936. Industriehafen for Arado/Brandenburg. Luftzeugamt located there. Used as a practice field for training aircraft during the war years, for reserve training units during the second half of 1944, and then by ground attack units in Jan-Feb 45. Dimensions: approx. 1100 x 915 meters (1200 x 1000 yards) and roughly rectangular in shape. Surface and Runways: grass surface. Had one concrete runway across the center of the landing area that was 1370 meters (1500 yards) in length and aligned WNW/ESE. Taxiways connected both ends of the runway with the hangars on the S boundary. Fuel and Ammunition: bulk fuel was stored off the SW corner to the rear of the very large hangar there. Infrastructure: had 4 very large hangars off the S boundary, and 1 large hangar plys 1 large repair hangar off the SE corner, all with paved aprons. Workshops, repair shops and extensive barrack accommodations were to the rear of the hangars off the S boundary. The motor pool and garages were S of the repair shops. The buildings for the aircraft components and parts depot, including 4 large hangartype buildings, were all grouped together 3 km S of the airfield and connected by road to the landing area. Additional stores buildings were to the rear of the hangars off the SE corner. The flight control building and tower were at the E end of the S boundary. A branch rail line served the buildings on the S side of the airfield. Dispersal: no organized dispersal facilities. Defenses: unknown. Remarks: 14 Feb 45: Sagan taken by advancing Soviet troops. Operational Units: Stab, Stabsstaffel/KG z.b.V. 2 (Aug-Sep 39); 14. (Eis.)/KG 55 (Jan-Feb 45); NAGr. 8 (Jan-Feb 45); II./SG 2 (Feb 45); Schleppgruppe 1 (Feb 45). School Units: Arbeitsplatz for FFS C Sprottau, FFS C 4 then FFS B 4 (Nov 39 – Jan 45). Reserve Training & Replacement Units: Erg.St./ZG 26 (Jul – Aug 44); 1., 2. and 4./Erg.JGr. Nord (Sep – Oct 44); elements of I./Erg.JG 1 (Nov 44 – Jan 45); Erg.St. für Fallschirmjägerkampfbeobachter (JanFeb 45).
Station Commands: as Fl.H. Küpper or Sagan-Küpper (to 1943); Fl.H.Kdtr. A(o) 43/III (Apr-Jun 44); Fl.H.Kdtr. A(o) 11/VIII (Jun 44 – Feb 45). Kommandant (not complete): Oberst Erik Hallström ( ? - ? ) 7/42. Station Units (on various dates – not complete): Stab/3. Fliegerdivision (Jan-Feb 45); Werft-Abt. 54/III (1944-45); Ln.- Verbindungs-Kp. (mot) z.b.V. 73 (Feb 45); Luftzeugamt Sagan-Küpper (c. 1938-43); Luftzeugamt 1/VI (1943-45); Luftpark Küpper (c. 1938 - ?); Kfz.Beständelager d.Lw. 7/VIII A (Jun 44); Ldssch.Zug d.Lw. 183/XI (Feb 45)?; Ldssch.Zug d.Lw. 333/XI (Feb 45)?; Ldssch.Zug d.Lw. 154/XIII (Jan-Feb 45); Kriegsgefangenen-Lager 3 d.Lw. (SaganCarlswalde, 1942-45); Kriegsgefangenen-Lager 4 d.Lw. (SaganBolaria, 1943-44). [Sources: AFHRA A5258 pp.694-96 (26 May 44); chronologies; BAMA; NARA; PRO/NA; web site ww2.dk]
