RAF Sylt
{{Short description|Former RAF station in Germany}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2017}}
{{Use British English|date=October 2017}}
{{Infobox military installation
| name = RAF Sylt
| ensign = Ensign of the Royal Air Force.svg
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| location = Sylt, Schleswig-Holstein
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| country = Germany
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| type = Royal Air Force station
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| pushpin_map = Germany Schleswig-Holstein
| pushpin_map_caption = Shown within Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
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| ownership = Air Ministry
| operator = Royal Air Force
| controlledby = Royal Air Force Germany
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| built = {{Start date|1945}}
| used = 1945-{{End date|1961}}
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| r1-number = 06/24
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| r2-number = 14/32
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Royal Air Force Sylt or more simply RAF Sylt is a former Royal Air Force station located near Sylt, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
History
The following squadrons were posted here at some point:
- No. 2 Squadron RAF{{sfn|Jefford|1988|p=23}}
- No. 3 Squadron RAF{{sfn|Jefford|1988|p=24}}
- No. 4 Squadron RAF{{sfn|Jefford|1988|p=24}}
- No. 14 Squadron RAF{{sfn|Jefford|1988|p=28}}
- No. 16 Squadron RAF{{sfn|Jefford|1988|p=29}}
- No. 21 Squadron RAF{{sfn|Jefford|1988|p=31}}
- No. 26 Squadron RAF{{sfn|Jefford|1988|p=33}}
- No. 33 Squadron RAF{{sfn|Jefford|1988|p=36}}
- No. 41 Squadron RAF{{sfn|Jefford|1988|p=38}}
- No. 56 Squadron RAF{{sfn|Jefford|1988|p=43}}
- No. 69 Squadron RAF{{sfn|Jefford|1988|p=46}}
- No. 80 Squadron RAF{{sfn|Jefford|1988|p=49}}
- No. 107 Squadron RAF{{sfn|Jefford|1988|p=55}}
- No. 302 Polish Fighter Squadron{{sfn|Jefford|1988|p=84}}
- No. 305 Polish Bomber Squadron{{sfn|Jefford|1988|p=85}}
- No. 308 Polish Fighter Squadron{{sfn|Jefford|1988|p=85}}
- No. 317 Polish Fighter Squadron{{sfn|Jefford|1988|p=86}}
- No. 349 (Belgian) Squadron RAF{{sfn|Jefford|1988|p=88}}
- No. 350 (Belgian) Squadron RAF{{sfn|Jefford|1988|p=88}}
- No. 411 "City of York" Squadron RCAF{{sfn|Jefford|1988|p=90}}
- No. 412 (Canadian) Squadron RAF{{sfn|Jefford|1988|p=90}}
Current use
This site is now Sylt Airport.
See also
References
=Citations=
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=Bibliography=
- {{cite book |last1=Jefford |first1= C G |title= RAF Squadrons. A comprehensive record of the movement and equipment of all RAF squadrons and their antecedents since 1912 |year=1988 |publisher= Airlife |location= Shrewsbury |isbn= 1-85310-053-6 }}