Former Royal Air Force station in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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RAF Second Tactical Air Force Royal Air Force Germany
Site history
Built
1951 (1951)/2
In use
15 January 1952[1] – 1 April 1992; 32 years ago (1992-04-01)
Fate
closed, redeveloped into railway test centre
Garrison information
Past commanders
Gp Capt JE 'Johnnie' Johnson
Airfield information
Identifiers
IATA: WID, ICAO: EDUW
Runways
Direction
Length and surface
09/27
2,468 metres (8,097 ft) asphalt[2]
Motto
Immer Bereit (German) Always ready / ever prepared
RAF Phantom FGR2 XV439 'D' on short finals for runway 27, RAF Wildenrath, 7 July 1982.
Royal Air Force Station Wildenrath, commonly known as RAF Wildenrath, was a Royal Air Force (RAF) military airbase near Wildenrath in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, that operated from 1952 to 1992. Wildenrath was the first of four 'clutch' stations built for the Royal Air Force in Germany during the early 1950s.[3]
^Jackson 1986, p. 26.
^Jackson 1986, p. 30.
^"Wildenrath". www.ForgottenAirfields.com. Forgotten Airfields. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
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