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works were required at Lipetsk to prepare for the German fighter-pilot school, Lipetsk Air Base. It operated from 1926 to 1933.[2][4] In June 1925, the base was ready for flight operations but training of German pilots was only possible from spring 1926 onwards. The new school, up until its closure, trained 120 fighter pilots and a large number of ground personnel who, in turn, were able to serve as instructors when the new German Luftwaffe was formed in 1935. The facilities were also used to train Soviet pilots and to develop new bombing targeting methods. In an average summer, 140 German personnel were at Lipetsk, a number that was reduced to 40 in winter. Additionally, 340 Soviet personnel were employed, with an annual budget of 4 million Reichsmark.[2]
Apart from Lipetsk, Germany also operated a tank school, the Panzerschule Kama (1926–33) and a gas warfare school, the Gas-Testgelände Tomka (1928–31) in the Soviet Union.[2] "
Lipetsk fighter-pilot school - Wikipedia


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works were required at Lipetsk to prepare for the German fighter-pilot school, Lipetsk Air Base. It operated from 1926 to 1933.[2][4] In June 1925, the base was ready for flight operations but training of German pilots was only possible from spring 1926 onwards. The new school, up until its closure, trained 120 fighter pilots and a large number of ground personnel who, in turn, were able to serve as instructors when the new German Luftwaffe was formed in 1935. The facilities were also used to train Soviet pilots and to develop new bombing targeting methods. In an average summer, 140 German personnel were at Lipetsk, a number that was reduced to 40 in winter. Additionally, 340 Soviet personnel were employed, with an annual budget of 4 million Reichsmark.[2]
Apart from Lipetsk, Germany also operated a tank school, the Panzerschule Kama (1926–33) and a gas warfare school, the Gas-Testgelände Tomka (1928–31) in the Soviet Union.[2] "
Lipetsk fighter-pilot school - Wikipedia