RAF Fassberg

Royal Air Force Station Fassberg
Active	?? 1940s – January 1957
Country	Germany
Allegiance	UK: British Armed Forces
Branch	Royal Air Force
Type	Flying station
Part of	RAF Second Tactical Air Force
Stationed near	Fassberg, Lower Saxony, Germany
Nickname	"Fassberg", "Fassey"
Royal Air Force Ensign
March	Royal Air Force March Past
Equipment	de Havilland Mosquito, de Havilland Vampire
Commanders
Notable commanders	Gp Capt J E "Johnnie" Johnson (1951)

The former Royal Air Force Station Fassberg, more commonly known as RAF Fassberg, was a Royal Air Force airbase in Germany situated in the northern suburbs of Fassberg, Lower Saxony. The RAF disestablished the station and was closed down in January 1957, formally handed over from the 23 LAA RAF Regiment to the German Air Force.

It is now Faßberg Air Base (German: Heeresflugplatz Faßberg, IATA: FSB, ICAO: ETHS), and home to the German Army Aviation Corps "Army Aviation Transport Helicopter Regiment 10".

Fassberg squadrons

• No. 5 Squadron RAF; flying de Havilland Venom
• No. 11 Squadron RAF; flying de Havilland Venom
• No. 14 Squadron RAF; flying de Havilland Mosquito, then de Havilland Venom
• No. 26 Squadron RAF;
• No. 98 Squadron RAF; flying de Havilland Mosquito, then de Havilland Venom
• No. 112 Squadron RAF; flying de Havilland Vampire FB5
• No. 118 Squadron RAF; flying de Havilland Vampire, later the de Havilland Venom
• No. 266 Squadron RAF; flying de Havilland Vampire, later the de Havilland Venom
• 23rd Light Anti-Aircraft Battery

See also

• 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

External links

• Gallery of images of RAF Fassberg from ServicePals.com
• Memories of Wunsdorf and Fassberg, inc some photos