Schleswig Air Base

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Schleswig Air Base is an airbase of the German Air Force, home to Taktisches Luftwaffengeschwader 51 (Tactical Air Force Wing 51) "Immelmann" (AKG 51) flying reconnaissance variants of the Panavia Tornado. It was formerly known from c.1945-1958 as RAF Schleswigland in Royal Air Force (RAF) use.

The

During the 1950s the 2.TTF was based at RAF Schleswigland with de Havilland Mosquito TT.35^[4] used for target towing. In 1955 King

• No. 26 Squadron RAF with the Spitfire XIV & XI during 1945^[5]
• No. 56 Squadron RAF with the Typhoon IB during 1945^[6]
• No. 175 Squadron RAF with the Typhoon IB during 1945^[7]
• No. 181 Squadron RAF with the Typhoon IB during September 1945^[7]
• No. 182 Squadron RAF with the Typhoon IB during September 1945^[8]
• No. 184 Squadron RAF with the Typhoon IB during 1945^[8]
• No. 245 Squadron RAF with the Typhoon IB during 1945^[9]

The Royal Air Force closed RAF Schleswigland in April 1958 and turned the southern part of the field over to German control. In June 1958 the newly formed German Navy based the Marinefliegergeschwader 1, established on 12 March 1957 as Marinefliegergruppe 1 in Kiel, in what was now known as Schleswig-Jagel.

In October 1959, the northern part of the airfield was handed over from the Royal Air Force to the German Navy. But it wasn't until November 1961 when the British left the last building at Schleswigland.^[10] (German text only)

On the airfield it is a part of the major maneuver from June 12 to June 23, 2023, held under the leadership of the German Air Force Air Defender 23 it is the greatest exercise of air forces since NATO was announced.^[11]

• 10 March 1949,
  Central Signals Establishment from RAF Watton
  required service by a Mobile Repair & Salvage Unit (MRSU) at RAF Schleswigand after unknown accident.
• On 21 March 1949,
  Handley Page Halton, G-AJZZ, of Lancashire Aircraft Corporation
  crashed 2+1⁄2 miles from RAF Schleswigland. 3 crew members were killed in the crash. The radio operator was the only survivor.
• On 5 April 1949, Handley Page Hastings C.1, TG534, of No. 297 Squadron caught fire during engine start-up, broke in half and was destroyed.^[12]
• On 19 May 1949, Handley Page Hastings C.1, TG510, of No. 47 Squadron crash landed after undercarriage trouble during take-off. The aircraft was repaired by a Mobile Repair & Salvage Unit (MRSU).^[13][14]
• Unknown date, Handley Page Hastings C.1, TG573, required service by a Mobile Repair & Salvage Unit (MRSU) at RAF Schleswigand after unknown accident.
• On 31 October 1953, de Havilland Mosquito T.3, VP351, port undercarriage hit a snow bank.^[15]
• On 24 February 1956, de Havilland Mosquito TT.35, RS717, hit an obstruction in poor visibility.^[16]
• On 20 November 1956, de Havilland Mosquito TT.35, TA669, crashed during landing.^[17]
• On 17 October 1957, de Havilland Mosquito TT.35, TA686, crashed during takeoff.^[18]

• 15 January 1949, Gd. Eng. Teodor Supernat. Lancashire Aircraft Corporation. Ground accident with an RAF Hastings.
• 15 January 1949, Gd. Eng. Patrick Jmes Griffin. Lancashire Aircraft Corporation. Ground accident with an RAF Hastings.
• 15 January 1949, Gd. Eng. Edward O´Nil. Lancashire Aircraft Corporation. Ground accident with an RAF Hastings.
• 15 January 1949, unknown German lorry driver. Ground accident with an RAF Hastings.
• 21 March 1949, Capt. Robert John Freight. Lancashire Aircraft Corporation. Crash of
  Handley Page Halton
  G-AJZZ
• 21 March 1949, Nav Off James Patrick Lewin Sharp. Lancashire Aircraft Corporation. Crash of Handley Page Halton G-AJZZ
• 21 March 1949, Eng Off Henry Patterson. Lancashire Aircraft Corporation. Crash of Handley Page Halton G-AJZZ

• Jefford, C.G. (1988). RAF Squadrons. A comprehensive record of the movement and equipment of all RAF squadrons and their antecedents since 1912.
  ISBN 1-85310-053-6
  .
• Provan, Davies, Machat, Berlin Airlift-The effort and the aircraft- (Paladwr Press, VA USA, 1998)
  ISBN 1-888962-05-4
• Pearcy, Berlin Airlift (Airlife, Shrewsbury* Pearcy, Berlin Airlury, 1997)
  ISBN 1-85310-845-6
• Rodrigo, Berlin Airlift (Cassell, London, 1960)
• Lancashire Aircraft Corporation, Berlin Airlift (Walthamstow Press, Walthamstow, 1949)
• Allied Museum Berlin, "A Museum Landing" The Biography of the Hastings TG503 ( Allied Museum, Berlin, 2003)
• Hall, Handley Page Hastings -Warpaint Series No.62 (Warpaint Books, Bletchley)
• Bingham, Handley Page Hastings & Hermes (GMS Enterprises, Peterborough, 1998)
  ISBN 1-870384-63-6
• Senior, Handley Page Hastings (Verdun Publishing, Stamford, 2008)
  ISBN 978-1-905414-07-9

• British Berlin Airlift Association
• Alliierten Museum (The Allied Museum) - museum of the history of western forces in Berlin and Germany from 1945 to 1994 (in German, English and French)
• RAF Schleswigland and RAF Gatow during the Berlin Airlift