originally: RAF Second Tactical Air Force (2TAF) latterly: Royal Air Force Germany (RAFG)[1]
Site history
Built
1954; 70 years ago (1954)
Built for
Air Ministry
In use
22 November 1954 (1954-11-22) to 1 April 1993; 31 years ago (1993-04-01)[1]
The former Royal Air Force Rheindahlen, more commonly known as RAF Rheindahlen,[1] was a non-flying Royal Air Force (RAF) military administrative base, becoming part of the Rheindahlen Military Complex[1] (JHQ Rheindahlen) in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany; collectively a part of British Forces Germany (BFG). The Royal Air Force station was named after the nearby town and railway station of Rheindahlen. In the 1950s and 1960s, it was more commonly referred to as RAF Mönchengladbach; due to Rheindahlen being the Army's name for the same JHQ. It was unusual in that the RAF station land was publicly accessible, with public transport routes, and even German civilian mail service (Rheindahlen 2).
^ abcd"RAF Rheindahlen". RAFweb.org. Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
The former Royal Air Force Rheindahlen, more commonly known as RAFRheindahlen, was a non-flying Royal Air Force (RAF) military administrative base, becoming...
RAF HQ (RAFRheindahlen) on Queens Avenue to administer the RAF element. HQ British Forces Germany moved to Bielefeld in July 2013. The Rheindahlen military...
and in anticipation of the construction and opening of the large RAFRheindahlen base, nearby. Construction of the hospital commenced in February 1953;...
the RAF's Second Tactical Air Force. The command remained based at RAFRheindahlen with air marshal Sir John Edwardes-Jones continuing as its Air Officer...
headquarters, RAFRheindahlen, doubles as commander of NATO's Second Allied Tactical Air Force RAF Germany Photographic Reproduction Unit, RAFRheindahlenRAF Bruggen...
Defending the Islanders' Way of Life. Fonthill Media. National Archives Rheindahlen at rafweb.org and National Archives Alterfritz 2018, p. 81. "No. 12 Signals...
The 1987 Rheindahlen bombing was a car bomb attack on 23 March 1987 at JHQ Rheindahlen military barracks, the British Army headquarters in West Germany...
1959 at RAF Wildenrath, by being redesignated RAF Germany Communication Squadron. The peacetime headquarters of 2 ATAF were at RAFRheindahlen (Mönchengladbach)...
This list of former RAF stations includes most of the stations, airfields and administrative headquarters previously used by the Royal Air Force. They...
Major Subordinate Commands in ACE: Allied Forces Northwestern Europe at RAF High Wycombe, Allied Forces Central Europe at Brunssum, The Netherlands,...
son of Chris Holtby, a former British soldier who was stationed at RAFRheindahlen in Mönchengladbach, Holtby was eligible to represent England through...
one RAF policeman, the other 19 were RAF bandsmen. Six of the military victims were buried in the cemetery of RAF Wegberg in Germany (Rheindahlen Military...
of 2ATAF was the commanding general of RAF Germany. The peacetime headquarters of 2 ATAF was at RAFRheindahlen, the command center in case of war for...
NATO Allied Rapid Reaction Corps, which relocated to Innsworth from the Rheindahlen Military Complex in Germany. "Defence Estates Development Plan (DEDP)...
Mönchengladbach in the northeast and Erkelenz in the southeast; the town of Rheindahlen is to the east. The city lies in the Naturpark Maas-Schwalm-Nette, a...
JHQ Rheindahlen 4th Signal Group, JHQ Rheindahlen 13th Signal Regiment, Royal Signals, Birgelen, BAOR's Signals Intelligence unit, one squadron at RAF Gatow...
commander and went briefly to RAFRheindahlen before being made Personal Staff Officer to the Air Officer Commander-in-Chief RAF Strike Command. He was given...
permanent staff from 21 contributing nations, which relocated from the Rheindahlen Military Complex in Germany. The barracks were named after the Battle...
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