RAF Sylt
| RAF Sylt B.170 Westerland  | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sylt, Schleswig-Holstein in Germany | |||||||||
| Site information | |||||||||
| Type | Royal Air Force station | ||||||||
| Owner | Air Ministry | ||||||||
| Operator | Royal Air Force | ||||||||
| Controlled by | Royal Air Force Germany | ||||||||
| Location | |||||||||
  RAF Sylt Shown within Schleswig-Holstein, Germany  RAF Sylt RAF Sylt (Germany) | |||||||||
| Coordinates | 54°54′48″N 008°20′26″E / 54.91333°N 8.34056°E | ||||||||
| Site history | |||||||||
| Built | 1945 | ||||||||
| In use | 1945 - 16 October 1961[1] | ||||||||
| Fate | Handed over to the German Air Force | ||||||||
| Airfield information | |||||||||
| Elevation | 16 metres (52 ft) AMSL | ||||||||
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Royal Air Force Sylt or more simply RAF Sylt is a former Royal Air Force station located near Sylt, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
The site was renamed from B.170 Westerland to RAF Sylt on 27 September 1945.[2]
History
[edit]The following squadrons were posted here at some point:
- No. 2 Squadron RAF[3]
- No. 3 Squadron RAF[4]
- No. 4 Squadron RAF[4]
- No. 14 Squadron RAF[5]
- No. 16 Squadron RAF[6]
- No. 21 Squadron RAF[7]
- No. 26 (South African) Squadron RAF[8]
- No. 33 Squadron RAF[9]
- No. 41 Squadron RAF[10]
- No. 56 Squadron RAF[11]
- No. 69 Squadron RAF[12]
- No. 80 Squadron RAF[13]
- No. 107 Squadron RAF[14]
- No. 302 (City of Poznan) Polish Fighter Squadron[15]
- No. 305 (Ziemia Wielkopolska) Polish Bomber Squadron[16]
- No. 308 "City of Kraków" Polish Fighter Squadron[16]
- No. 317 "City of Wilno" Polish Fighter Squadron[17]
- No. 349 (Belgian) Squadron RAF[18]
- No. 350 (Belgian) Squadron RAF[18]
- No. 411 (Grizzly Bear) Squadron RCAF[19]
- No. 412 (Falcon) Squadron RCAF[19]
- No. 24 Armament Practice Camp RAF[2]
- Training Squadron, RAF Sylt[2]
- Armament Training Flight[1]
- Armament Practice Station, Sylt:[1]
- Target Towing Squadron with Gloster Meteor TT.8s
- Weapons Training Flight with de Havilland Vampire T.11s
- Station Flight with ASR Bristol Sycamore & a Avro Anson C.19
Current use
[edit]This site is now Sylt Airport.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]Citations
[edit]- 1 2 3 Sturtivant & Hamlin 2007, p. 66.
- 1 2 3 Sturtivant & Hamlin 2007, p. 65.
- ↑ Jefford 1988, p. 23.
- 1 2 Jefford 1988, p. 24.
- ↑ Jefford 1988, p. 28.
- ↑ Jefford 1988, p. 29.
- ↑ Jefford 1988, p. 31.
- ↑ Jefford 1988, p. 33.
- ↑ Jefford 1988, p. 36.
- ↑ Jefford 1988, p. 38.
- ↑ Jefford 1988, p. 43.
- ↑ Jefford 1988, p. 46.
- ↑ Jefford 1988, p. 49.
- ↑ Jefford 1988, p. 55.
- ↑ Jefford 1988, p. 84.
- 1 2 Jefford 1988, p. 85.
- ↑ Jefford 1988, p. 86.
- 1 2 Jefford 1988, p. 88.
- 1 2 Jefford 1988, p. 90.
Bibliography
[edit]- Jefford, C G (1988). RAF Squadrons. A comprehensive record of the movement and equipment of all RAF squadrons and their antecedents since 1912. Shrewsbury: Airlife. ISBN 1-85310-053-6.
- Sturtivant, Ray; Hamlin, John (2007). Royal Air Force flying training and support units since 1912. Tonbridge, UK: Air-Britain (Historians). ISBN 978-0851-3036-59.