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 | |
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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 | |||
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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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