The airfield of Günne - Brüningsen
The local population called this wooded area an "airfield". However, the area was a training ground for fighter pilots of the German Air Force, see Wikipedia "Jagdgeschwader 134 Horst Wessel". The II. Group of this unit was stationed in Werl.
Aircraft of the 4th squadron at the Werl air base in 1936, (c) Wikipedia, Bundesarchiv
The air base in Werl was completed in 1936. The single-engine fighter planes took off there with bombs suspended underneath and with live machine gun ammunition. Flying low, they then shot at targets or dropped the bombs on marked targets in the area.
From the beginning of the Second World War, the air squadron was involved in missions on the front lines. According to contemporary witnesses, training was still carried out here during the war until around 1944. After the end of the war, the area was only partially cleared. Nature recovered.
The area here was used for training flights.