- RAF Ahlhorn
Infobox Military Unit
unit_name = Royal Air Force Station Ahlhorn
caption = Station crest
dates = ?? – late 1950s
country =Germany
allegiance = UK:British Armed Forces
branch =Royal Air Force
command_structure =RAF Second Tactical Air Force
type = Flying station
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garrison =Ahlhorn ,Lower Saxony ,Germany
garrison_label = Based near
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nickname = "Ahlhorn"
motto =
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colors_label =Royal Air Force Ensign
march =Royal Air Force March Past
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identification_symbol =
identification_symbol_label = Station crest
anniversaries =Infobox Airport
name = RAF Ahlhorn
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ICAO = ETNA
type = Military
owner = formerly: Ministry of Defence, now:Bundeswehr
operator = formerly:Royal Air Force , now:Bundeswehr
city-served =
location =Ahlhorn ,Lower Saxony ,Germany
elevation-f = 162
elevation-m = 49
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r1-number = 09/27
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r1-surface = Asphalt
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footnotes =The former Royal Air Force Station Ahlhorn, commonly known as RAF Ahlhorn, was a
Royal Air Force airbase inGermany situated in the southern suburbs ofAhlhorn ,Lower Saxony .Originally, it was a German airbase for
Zeppelin s. The RAF disestablished the station and it was closed down in the late 1950s ??.Jagdgeschwader 71 of the GermanLuftwaffe were to take residence from June 1959 with 50Canadair Sabre s, Germany's first operational jet fighter unit. They remained at Ahlhorn until 1961. It is now known asAhlhorn Air Base RAF Ahlhorn squadrons & aircraft
External links
* [http://213squadronassociation.homestead.com/crewroom/raypowell/raypowell.html Ray Powells' memories of Ahlhorn]
ee also
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Jagdgeschwader 73
*Royal Air Force station
*List of RAF stations
*List of aircraft of the RAF
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