fliegerhorst grove may 1945 - arado ar 234 b-2
Arado Ar 234 B-2 - 8H+BH - 1.(F)/33 Aufklärungsgruppe, Fliegerhorst Grove (denmark) May 1945 (Fly models 1/32)
The air base was constructed during the German Occupation in 1940 under the name “Einsatzhafen Grove” (later Flieger-Horst Grove) to facilitate offensive operations against England. Later in the war, it became a base for defensive night fighter planes.
Following the British advance into Denmark in May 1945, during which the airfield was surrendered to Captain Eric Brown RN, of the Royal Aircraft Establishment (RAE), a group of nine Ar 234B reconnaissance bombers were found at the base and subsequently transferred by Brown and his colleagues to Farnborough. By December 1945 the air base was taken over by the Danish Civil Air Defence.
Today the Air Base Karup is the main air base of the Royal Danish Air Force. It is situated within Midtjyllands Airport, 3 km west of Karup in mid-Jutland. The the Karup air base covers 3000 hectares of land of which only a third is inside the operational area marked by a 17 km long fence.
The diorama of ‘Fliegerhorst Grove’ – Modified and highly detailed Fly Models 1/32 Arado 234 B-2, a German truck by Revell and a scratch build ‘Portalkran’. The base was cast in real micro concrete and the special Luftwaffe Grass Stones and water drain canals were created by casting resin copy’s. Detailed German Reihenbild Camera’s, work plinth’s, a compressor, fire extinguisher, bicycle, ‘Starter Cart’ by Zoukei-Mura and figures from several producers (Resicast, Evolution).
The Flight Book of Oblt. Ulrich Planck. Here you can see his last flight over British territory on 04.04.1945 with 8H + BH, but you can also see that he flew from Schleswig to Grove on 04.05.1945 in 8H + BH. On 05.05.1945 he flew on from Grove to Stavanger with another Arado 8H + CH, the rest is history…
