RAF Butzweilerhof

RAF Butzweilerhof

Coordinates: 50°59′5.3″N 6°53′29.1″E / 50.984806°N 6.891417°E / 50.984806; 6.891417

Royal Air Force Station Butzweilerhof
Active August 1951 – 27 January 1967
Country Germany
Allegiance UK: British Armed Forces
Branch Royal Air Force
Type Flying station
Part of RAF Second Tactical Air Force,
then Royal Air Force Germany
Based near Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Nickname "Butzweilerhof", "Butz"
Motto Per Vires Pax
Royal Air Force Ensign
March Royal Air Force March Past
Equipment Gloster Meteor NF11,
English Electric Canberra PR7
Insignia
Station crest Cologne cathedral above the waters
RAF Butzweilerhof
IATA: none – ICAO: ETBB.OLD
Summary
Airport type Military (Airport no longer in operation)
Owner formerly: Ministry of Defence, now: Bundeswehr
Operator formerly: Royal Air Force, now: Bundeswehr
Location Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
04/22 2,133 650 was Asphalt, now removed

The former Royal Air Force Station Butzweilerhof, commonly known as RAF Butzweilerhof was a Royal Air Force airbase in Germany situated in the northern suburbs of Cologne (German: Köln). The station’s motto was Per Vires Pax, and the station crest depicts the Cologne cathedral rising above the waters.

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