Number of posts : 659 Localisation : Between Hannover and Herford, off all main routes Cap Badge : Not even a reservist now - have been Pborn3 Places Served : Oswestry 1965, Paderborn to 1971, NE Dist, Munsterlager from 1974, Sennelager (1976 to 2012) Registration date : 2016-12-16
Subject: RAF Luebeck 28/5/2017, 21:26
Home of 124 Wing RAF, claimed to be the first Luftwaffe station taken by the RAF Regiment on mainland Europe.
Excerpts from "Tail Spin" Magazine 1945 and pictures from Berlin Airlift Airfield
Last edited by Pborn4 on 29/5/2017, 13:08; edited 1 time in total (Reason for editing : typo)
alan8376 Brig
Number of posts : 736 Age : 76 Localisation : Norfolk, UK Cap Badge : REME Places Served : Carlisle AAS, Aden, Hildesheim, Bordon, Fallingbostel, Dover, NI Tours, Osnabruck, Herford, Muenster, UN Nicosia, SBA Dhekellia Cyprus x2, Waterbeach, Civi Street 1988. Retired from VOSA 2007. Registration date : 2009-07-28
Subject: Re: RAF Luebeck 29/5/2017, 08:47
Thanks for giving us the chance to see photos from Luebeck and others. Not often we get to see RAF in this area of Germany.
I've got relatives in Kiel, Schleswig-Stadt and near Eckerfoerde. Only been to Luebeck once, on research to Moisling Jewish Grave Yard.
I Now discover one of my relatives has taken up residency in Luebeck. Must make an effort to visit the Stadt Luebeck.
Luebeck, as was Eckerfoerde, were the centre of many 'Displaced Persons' Camps in the British Zone..
JPW Let Gen
Number of posts : 1119 Age : 82 Localisation : Berkshire Cap Badge : REME Places Served : Rotenburg Ploen Lippstadt Hamm Wetter Minden Munster Bielefeldt Dusseldorf Registration date : 2008-11-09
Subject: Re: RAF Luebeck 30/5/2017, 08:53
Paddy
Thank you
I take many of the RAF Regiment Claims of this era with a pinch of salt. RAF had occupied many former Luftwaffe airbases prior to this in their advance across North West Germany. Another document claims that RAF Regiment were the first into nearby Travemunde. Think the Commando Brigade, 5 Infantry Division and 11 Armoured Division would all politely say "Really?"
Pborn4 Brig
Number of posts : 659 Localisation : Between Hannover and Herford, off all main routes Cap Badge : Not even a reservist now - have been Pborn3 Places Served : Oswestry 1965, Paderborn to 1971, NE Dist, Munsterlager from 1974, Sennelager (1976 to 2012) Registration date : 2016-12-16
Number of posts : 659 Localisation : Between Hannover and Herford, off all main routes Cap Badge : Not even a reservist now - have been Pborn3 Places Served : Oswestry 1965, Paderborn to 1971, NE Dist, Munsterlager from 1974, Sennelager (1976 to 2012) Registration date : 2016-12-16
Subject: Re: RAF Luebeck 9/8/2020, 01:47
B174 Uetersen and B158 had been occupied by RCAF and an interesting few pages (out of a very large document) are here