Airport type Military In use 1945-1958 (1958) 09/27 6,910 Owner Air Ministry | Elevation AMSL 162 ft / 49 m Year built 1944 | |
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Location Ahlhorn, Lower Saxony, Germany | ||
Royal Air Force Ahlhorn or more simply RAF Ahlhorn, is a former Royal Air Force station located 1 mile (1.6 km) south east of the centre of Ahlhorn, Lower Saxony and 11 miles (18 km) north of Vechta, Lower Saxony, Germany
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Originally, it was a German airbase for Zeppelins. The Royal Air Force (RAF) disestablished the station and it was closed down in the autumn of 1958 and was transferred to the Bundeswehr.
World War I
Originally, the site was a German base for Zeppelins during World War I.
World War II and beyond
During World War II the airfield was used as an Advanced Landing Ground before becoming a permanent RAF station.
Current use
Jagdgeschwader 73 was formed at Ahlhorn and Oldenburg on 1 April 1959. Jagdgeschwader 71 of the German Air Force were to take residence from June 1959 with 50 Canadair Sabres, Germany's first operational jet fighter unit. They remained at Ahlhorn until 1961.
A number of solar panel are now located on the former site.