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The Pitomnik airfield ((ロシア語:питомник), lit. plant nursery) was an airfield in Russia. During the Second World War, it was the primary of seven airfields used by the German Wehrmacht during the Battle of Stalingrad.〔(World War II ) Google book review, page: 1219, multiple authors, publisher: ABC-CLIO, accessed: 9 March 2009〕 Flights originating from Pitomnik generally had two main initial destinations outside the pocket, Tatsinskaya and Morozovskaya. ==Overview== Pitomnik was captured by the German 6th Army when it linked up there with the 4th Panzer Army on 3 September 1942.〔(Chronology of World War II ) accessed: 9 March 2009〕 The airfield at Pitomnik was one of seven airfields within the Stalingrad Pocket after the 6th Army was encircled and the only one properly equipped to handle large amounts of air traffic. The field was equipped with lights for night operation.〔(The airlift December 1942 ) accessed: 9 March 2009〕 Along with anti aircraft guns, the airfield was protected by fighter planes of Jagdgeschwader 3, elements of which were based there (the remainder of JG 3 was stationed outside the pocket).〔(Jagdgeschwader 3 ) accessed: 9 March 2009〕 In mid-January, the remaining planes of the group were ordered to leave the pocket.〔(More Bf 109 Aces of the Russian Front ) author: John Weal, publisher: Osprey Publishing, Google book review, accessed: 9 March 2009〕 The airfield was used to fly out the remaining female hospital staff of the 6th Army, when the hopelessness of the situation became apparent. Male medical staff were not permitted to leave. The edges of the runway were filled with wounded German soldiers whose conditions were deemed not serious enough for evacuation, and only ambulatory cases were actually evacuated by air.〔(Medicine at the Battle of Stalingrad ) Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, author: Rober Kaplan, published: February 2000, accessed: 9 March 2009〕 From 15 January, Pitomnik came under artillery fire of the Red Army and two days later, the airfield was captured, leaving the 6th Army with Gumrak as its only supply airfield. Karpovka had already fallen on 13 January and alongside Pitomnik, four other airfields fell on 17 January.〔(The Great Patriotic War - 1943 ) accessed: 9 March 2009〕 Gumrak eventually fell on 23 January, leaving the 6th Army without any means of direct support.〔(Das Wolf - Third Reich militaria ) January 1943, accessed: 9 March 2009〕 As of 2009, the location of the Pitomnik Airfield is used as farmland.〔(Stalingrad 2001 - Photos ) accessed: 10 March 2009〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pitomnik Airfield」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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