Oldenburg Air Base

Oldenburg Air Base
Oldenburg, Lower Saxony in Germany
Oldenburg Air Base Shown within Lower Saxony
Coordinates	53°10′47″N 8°09′56″E / 53.17972°N 8.16556°E / 53.17972; 8.16556Coordinates: 53°10′47″N 8°09′56″E / 53.17972°N 8.16556°E / 53.17972; 8.16556
Site information
Owner	Bundeswehr
Operator	German Air Force Royal Air Force (-1957) Luftwaffe (-1945)
Controlled by	Royal Air Force Germany (-1957)
Site history
Built	1933 (1933)
In use	1933-1994 (1994)

Oldenburg Air Base is a former German Air Force Air Base within Lower Saxony, Germany. During the Cold War it was used by the British Royal Air Force as part of Royal Air Force Germany until 1957.

Royal Air Force history[]

The following units were here at some point:

• No. 14 Squadron RAF between 23 June 1955 and 26 September 1959 when the squadron moved to RAF Ahlhorn. Operated Hawker Hunter F.4 & F.6's^[1]
• No. 20 Squadron RAF from 28 July 1952 until 23 September 1957. The squadron operated a variety of aircraft including de Havilland Vampire FB.5 & FB.9s, Canadair Sabre F.4s & Hawker Hunter F.4 & F.6s^[2]
• No. 26 Squadron RAF from 12 August 1952 until 10 September 1957 when the squadron disbanded. The unit operated Sabre F.4s and Hunter F.4s^[3]
• No. 234 Squadron RAF reformed here on 1 August 1952 staying until 8 January 1954 when the squadron moved to RAF Geilenkirchen. The unit operated Vampire FB.5 & FB.9s and Sabre F.4s^[4]

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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.