- RAF Fassberg
Infobox Military Unit
unit_name = Royal Air Force Station Fassberg
caption = Station crest
dates = ?? 1940s – January 1957
country =Germany
allegiance = UK:British Armed Forces
branch =Royal Air Force
command_structure =RAF Second Tactical Air Force
type = Flying station
role =
size =
current_commander =
garrison =Fassberg ,Lower Saxony ,Germany
garrison_label = Based near
ceremonial_chief =
ceremonial_chief_label =
colonel_of_the_regiment =
colonel_of_the_regiment_label =
nickname = "Fassberg", "Fassey"
motto =
colors =
colors_label =Royal Air Force Ensign
march =Royal Air Force March Past
mascot =
equipment =de Havilland Mosquito ,de Havilland Vampire
battles =
notable_commanders = Gp Capt J E "Johnnie" Johnson (1951)
identification_symbol =
identification_symbol_label = Station crest
anniversaries =Infobox Airport
name = RAF Fassberg
nativename =
nativename-a =
nativename-r =
image-width =
caption =
IATA = FSB
ICAO = ETHS
type = Military
owner = formerly: Ministry of Defence, now:Bundeswehr
operator = formerly:Royal Air Force , now:Bundeswehr
city-served =
location =Fassberg ,Lower Saxony ,Germany
elevation-f = 245
elevation-m = 75
coordinates =
website =
metric-elev =
metric-rwy =
r1-number = 09/27
r1-length-f = 8,005
r1-length-m = 2,440
r1-surface = Asphalt
r2-number = 09L/27R
r2-length-f = 3,281
r2-length-m = 1,000
r2-surface = Grass (ungraded)
r3-number = 06/24
r3-length-f = 1,312
r3-length-m = 400
r3-surface = Grass (ungraded)
stat-year =
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footnotes =The former Royal Air Force Station Fassberg, more commonly known as RAF Fassberg, was a
Royal Air Force airbase inGermany situated in the northern suburbs ofFassberg ,Lower Saxony .The RAF disestablished the station and was closed down in January 1957, formally handed over from the 23 LAA
RAF Regiment to theGerman Air Force .Fassberg was returned to the
Bundeswehr , and is now the "Faßberg Air Base ", and home to theGerman Army Aviators Corps "Army Aviators Light Transport Helicopter Regiment 10".Fassberg squadrons
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No. 5 Squadron RAF ; - flyingde Havilland Venom
*No. 11 Squadron RAF ; - flyingde Havilland Venom
*No. 14 Squadron RAF ; - flyingde Havilland Mosquito , thende Havilland Venom
*No. 26 Squadron RAF ;
*No. 98 Squadron RAF ; - flying de Havilland Mosquito, then de Havilland Venom
*No. 112 Squadron RAF ; - flyingde Havilland Vampire FB5
*No. 118 Squadron RAF ; - flyingde Havilland Vampire , later thede Havilland Venom
*No. 266 Squadron RAF ; - flyingde Havilland Vampire , later thede Havilland Venom
*23rd Light Anti-Aircraft BatteryExternal links
* [http://www.servicepals.com/index.cfm/pcms/site.gallery.view_tag/tag/Fassberg Gallery of images of RAF Fassberg] from [http://www.servicepals.com ServicePals.com]
* [http://www.myrafdaysandafter.co.uk/id18.htm Memories of Wunsdorf and Fassberg, inc some photos]ee also
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Royal Air Force station
*List of RAF stations
*List of Royal Air Force aircraft squadrons
*List of aircraft of the RAF
*Berlin Airlift
*60th Air Mobility Wing
*Kampfgeschwader 55
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