Kitzingen Army Airfield
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Harvey Barracks/Kitzingen Army Airfield is a former United States Army 3rd Infantry Division (3rd ID) facility in Germany, located about 3,5 km east-northeast of Kitzingen (Bavaria), about 390 km southwest of Berlin and 202 km north-northwest of Munich.
Harvey Barracks/Kitzingen Army Airfield Advanced Landing Ground (ALG) R-6 | |
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Bavaria, Germany | |
Coordinates | 49°44′34″N 010°12′09″E |
Type | Military Garrison (Closed) |
Site history | |
Built | 1917 |
Built by | Luftstreitkräfte (Imperial German Air Force) |
In use | 1917–1918 (Luftstreitkräfte) 1935–1945 (Luftwaffe) April 1945 – July 1947 (USAAF) August 1947 – 2007 (United States Army) |
- For the civil airport use of this facility after 2007, see: Kitzingen Airport
Formerly part of the United States Army Würzburg military community, it was a 1st ID garrison since 1996 and prior to that it was home to 3rd ID 2nd Brigade. Originally built in 1917, the installation served as a training school for German pilots in World War I. The German Luftwaffe used the base a generation later to train the pilots of dive bombers and pursuit planes during World War II. The Americans took control in April 1945 and used it as an air base until being turned over to the 1st ID in 1947.
It was closed on 29 March 2007 and turned over to the German Government as part of a USAREUR restructuring announced in 2005 which returns the 1st ID to the United States.