Conversion area (U.S. Army - Conn Barracks - closed in 2014)

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Since Sep. 2014 the owner is the Federal Republic of Germany, administration through the Bima

Conn Barracks
March 1936 - September 1937 Construction of the Flugplatz. After completion, the airbase became a Luftwaffe training base, particularly for Stuka pilots.
1941 - 1945 During WWII, the airbase serves as a bomber base.
April 11, 1945 After heavy bombings and artillery fire, troops of the 42nd Infantry Division, Seventh US Army, enters Schweinfurt from the West and Southwest and seizes the Flugplatz.
April 1945 The airbase is occupied by Army Air Corps units and used as an airbase. The installation is renamed Schweinfurt Air Base.
1947 The airbase is occupied by the 6th Constabulary Regiment and the 28th Constabulary Squadron.
December 22, 1947 Schweinfurt Air Base is redesignated as Conn Barracks, in honor of 2nd Lt Orville B. Conn, Jr., a member of the 6th Cav Gp, who was killed in France during WWII.
1948 Conn Barracks is officially taken over by the US Army.

Closed September 2014!
Good bye German friends!