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RAF Schleswigland |
Post War Era
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At the end of the war,
Schleswig-Jagel became
home ground for a squadron of
RAF Hawker Typhoon fighter-bombers, who moved to the
airfield on 4th May 1945. From now on the RAF were
owners of the airfield and it became known as RAF
Schleswig Land.
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R.A.F. Schleswig
Land,
a few miles south-west of the town of Schleswig near the village of Jagel, was a
satellite of the main R.A.F. Base on the island of Sylt, a large airfield
still showing signs of it's Luftwaffe origins. Excellent large hangars with
powerful overhead traveling hoists, something I never saw in the R.A.F.
hangars in England, although they may have existed somewhere I suppose.
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buildings, notably those delegated to be used as hangars for our small fleet
of sporting gliders were ingeniously made to look especially from a few
thousand feet, like farm buildings. One fighter aircraft would be housed,
tail in first, in the "T" shaped interior and the two small
rooms at each side of the tail, would house pilot and crew,
ready for action in a very short time. You must imagine the
building in the photo to have the large sliding doors shut and
painted to resemble the front of a farm house or barn. I hope
these buildings haven't been destroyed, historically they are
very interesting. Jim
Wingett. Note: The
buildings are still there today....read
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Imagine the building in
the photo to have the large sliding doors shut and painted to
resemble the front of a farm house or barn.
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The band
picture was taken on Schleswig in 1953.
Alan
Smith is playing the accordion
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DeHavilland Mosquito TA669 nr Schleswig in 1956.
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No. 710 Squadron was formed at Valley on 19 December 1941, having been
unnumbered from the previous April. On 1 February 1942 all RAF
Regiment Squadrons had 2000 added to their numbers so it became
2710 Squadron moving to West Malling in 1942, converting to a Field
Squadron in March 1943 and a Rifle
squadron in July 1944, before moving onto the continent in May 1945.
2710 Squadron disbanded at RAF Schleswigland in May 1946. |
2 Mosquitos parked in front
of Hanger 101
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In autumn 1948 the forces in
Northern Germany were being reorganized, and a Norwegian brigade (482nd) from Harzen
moved to Schleswig-Holstein. On 11th of April 1953 the Norwegian contingent held their closing parade on
RAF Schleswigland Airfield after completing exercise VIKING II with the Danish
Brigade.
The very last RAF units left RAF Schleswigland
in 1958, when the airfield was handed over to the newly
founded Marineflieger. |
Mosquito taxying past Hanger 72
Mosquito TT35 at Todendorf Ranges over a
Bundeswehr 4x2com flak cannon. 1956. |
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