For years there were many small aerodromes in Spain that are now abandoned. One of them was in the town of Calamocha (Teruel).<\/p>\n
Inaugurated in 1929 as a civil aerodrome<\/strong>, during the Spanish Civil War this aerodrome was used and expanded by the national side, serving as a base for the famous Junkers Ju-87 Stuka dive bombers and fighters Heinkel He-51 of the Condor Legion<\/strong>, a unit sent by the German military aviation in support of the aforementioned side. This airfield played an important role in the Battle of Teruel between December 1937 and 1938.<\/p>\n After the war, the airfield continued to be used by the Spanish Air Force until 1966<\/strong>, when it became a civilian airfield again. Due to their low use, these facilities ended up being abandoned in the 1980s. In 2002, the Spanish Ministry of Defense reverted the land to the owners from whom it was expropriated<\/a> or their descendants. Today, the old airfield facilities are in ruins.<\/p>\n This week, the Youtube channel Despoblados y Abandonados<\/a> published an excellent and very well documented report on this aerodrome<\/strong>, with images recorded from a drone by Oscarlnz<\/a>. The video shows the current state of the facilities and makes a complete tour of its history (the video is in Spanish, you can activate the automatic subtitles in English in the bottom bar of the player):<\/p>\n
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