Description: It was on this airfield of the Messerschmitt Factory Augsburg-Haunstetten on May 10th. 1941, at about 6:00 P.M. that Rudolf Hess took off in a Messerschmitt Bf 110, Messerschmitt to his famous flight to Scotland.
Today the area is a part of the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company (EADS).
Some of the airfield is still visible.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augsburg-Haunstetten#Involvement_in_World_War_II
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Hess#Flight_to_Scotland |