There were a few roadworthy ex-NVA and Soviet vehicles, including a BTR-60PB armoured personnel carrier (APC) which had been rescued from the local training area. But then I suppose people look at some of my 'restoration project vintage motorcycles' and write them off as 'junk' too. There were two hardened shelters, big enough for bombed-up aircraft, an operations building and loads of utterly useless old military junk. His area of this (huge) former Soviet military airfield was a Quick Reaction Alert Area, possibly housing two MiG 21 jets. A local enthusiast, Helmut - one of Mike's contacts - had bought a section of the airfield and intended to make it into a museum.

Tuesday we went to a former WW2 and then Soviet airfield at Jüterborg. After leaving Zossen-Wunsdorf, we drove the 30 miles south west to Juterborg, and our hotel for the night. Ideal ! Game On.Īfter the bunker had been photographed fully, we then basically did a re-run of the last visit to the beautiful 1930s buildings, with Nick and the others taking photos. As The Usual Suspects arrived Herr Bochert, the chief guide for the site, immediately recognised us, and having previously come to the conclusion that we were not your average tourists and that we were all genuinely very interested in the whole site, simply gave Mike Barton the keys to the complex and told us to 'help ourselves'. So, eight of us arrived at Berlin Schonefeld airport very early in the morning Monday 22nd September, collected two rental cars, and rocked up to Zossen-Wunsdorf, some 20 miles south, to meet Mike Barton.ĭan, Robin, and I had been all through the Zossen-Wunsdorf 'Zeppelin' bunker in May, but the others had not. Should we be interested? Mike emphasised that this was not going to be a full-blown Barton-Tour-Special, but would suit maybe two cars. (Mike is a Sub Brit member, living in Germany, who has arranged various excellent Bunker Tours in Germany.) Mike was dead keen to come, and then gamely offered to “also arrange a few days worth of sites” should we be interested. In an earlier, different, life, I had been aware of its GDR NVA use - a huge military storage facility.Īnyway, Dan, Robin Ware, and I had originally planned to travel out specially to get into Halberstadt, and told Mike Barton. I'd had an interest in this massive underground former Junkers jet engine factory complex for years, but it had been tightly controlled by the authorities due to its continued military status.

I got on the case and we exchanged info, and Halberstadt came up. Wilm Wolfl, a German admirer of this website had contacted us and indicated he could get us in 'various sites' on my list. I have been researching and visiting/getting into the various former WW2 underground weapons factories built by the Nazis for years, and Halberstadt was on the list. To be honest, the 'reason' for the trip was - basically - because Dan McKenzie and I (Tony Page) had been offered entry into a former WW2 (my interest) and NVA (Dan's interest) bunker in Halberstadt, eastern Germany. SEPTEMBER 2003 BUNKER TOUR EASTERN GERMANY

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