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 Show map of Schleswig-Holstein RAF Sylt RAF Sylt (Germany) Show map of Germany
Coordinates	54°54′48″N008°20′26″E / 54.91333°N 8.34056°E / 54.91333; 8.34056
Site history
Built	1945 (1945)
In use	1945 - 16 October 1961 (1961) [1]
Fate	Handed over to the German Air Force
Airfield information
Elevation	16 metres (52 ft) AMSL
Runways Direction Length and surface 06/24   Asphalt 14/32  Asphalt

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

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]
• 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

Modern day image of the airfield

Current use

This site is now Sylt Airport.

See also

• Royal Air Force Germany
• List of former Royal Air Force stations

References

Citations

1. Sturtivant & Hamlin 2007, p. 66.
2. Sturtivant & Hamlin 2007, p. 65.
3. Jefford 1988, p. 23.
4. Jefford 1988, p. 24.
5. Jefford 1988, p. 28.
6. Jefford 1988, p. 29.
7. Jefford 1988, p. 31.
8. Jefford 1988, p. 33.
9. Jefford 1988, p. 36.
10. Jefford 1988, p. 38.
11. Jefford 1988, p. 43.
12. Jefford 1988, p. 46.
13. Jefford 1988, p. 49.
14. Jefford 1988, p. 55.
15. Jefford 1988, p. 84.
16. Jefford 1988, p. 85.
17. Jefford 1988, p. 86.
18. Jefford 1988, p. 88.
19. Jefford 1988, p. 90.

Bibliography

• 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.