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"General: field airstrip (Feldflugplatz) in C Romania 34 km E of Ploeşti (Ploiesti) and 1.5 km NNW of Mizil town center. Rated for bombers. History: used by Romanian fighters to mid-1941 then taken over by the Luftwaffe and used by fighter replacement and operational fighter units until Aug 44. Dimensions: in 1941 measured 1200 x 600 meters, but later restated by the Germans as 1100 x 700. Enlarged during the war and by Jul 44 measured 1785 x 915 meters (1950 x 1000 yards). Surface and Runways: level, firm grass surface on sandy soil. No paved runway. Fuel and Ammunition: refueling points and bulk fuel storage were believed to be just S of the Northeast dispersal area. The ammunition dump consisted of 18 small storage sites immediately NW of the Northeast dispersal. Infrastructure: 1941 had 3 hangars, a workshop and a barracks area for 840 men. By July 1944, two of these hangars had been demolished or otherwise removed and 3 workshop- type buildings erected off the S boundary, off the SE corner and in the Northeast dispersal area. The 33 other buildings included a command post, admin offices, 3 officer messes, 1 officer barracks, 3 barracks for the men, dispensary, 2 motor pool garages, base construction office, guardhouse, fire station, kitchen, latrines, stores, etc. The nearest rail connection was in Mizil. Dispersal: there were 3 areas – Northeast, East and South – with a total of 4 medium covered aircraft shelters and 9 medium open aircraft shelters. Short taxiways led from the shelters to the landing area. Defenses: protected by a Romanian Flak battalion in summer 1944. Remarks: none. Operational Units: Romanian: V Fighter Gp. (? – Oct 40). Luftwaffe: Stab III, 8. and 9./JG 52 (Jul 41); part of I.(Jagd)/LG 2 (Jul-Oct 41); part of 1./JG 77 (Jan, Apr 42); I./JG 4 (Aug 42 – Nov 43); III./JG 77 (Nov 43 – Aug 44); 4./JG 301 (Jun-Aug 44). Reserve Training & Replacement Units: Erg.Gr./JG 77 (Jun – Jul 41); 2./Erg.Gr. JG 77 (Sep 41 – Jan 42); 4./Erg.Jagdgruppe Ost (Jan-Feb 42); IV./JG 77 (May-Aug 42). Station Commands: detachment of Flugplatzkdo. A 26/XVII (Feb-Apr 44)?; Platzkdo. of Fl.H.Kdtr. E(v) 223/XVII (Apr-Aug 44)?"