List of former units and aircraft of Celle Air Base

This is a list of all former units and aircraft stationed at Celle Air Base – also named Immelmann-Kaserne (Immelmann-Barracks).

Current units and aircraft as well as detailed information about the base can be found at Celle Air Base.

Units

Unit Nation Stationed Successor From Formerbase until LaterbaseFlugschule (A-Schule) Founded1934 –Renamed1936 Celle Flugschule (B–Schule)Flugschule (B-Schule) Renamed1936 CelleRenamed1937 Celle Flugschule (C–Schule)Blindflugschule Founded1936 –Moved1937 Wesendorf BlindflugschuleFlugschule (C-Schule) Renamed1937 CelleMoved1939 Leipzig unknown Sturzkampfgeschwader 77 Moved1939 unknown (Poland) Moved1940 unknown (France) Schlachtgeschwader 77 During World War II several units were stationed only briefly at the air base. No reliable information about these units are available yet.Flugzeugführerschule A/B 6 Moved1945 Gdańsk Disbanded1945 – – 84 Group / 34. Wing Royal Air Force unknown 1945 unknown unknown 1957 – – 226 Signal Squadron Royal Corps of Signals unknown 1945 unknown unknown 1957 – – No. 51 Squadron RAF Regiment unknown 1945 unknown unknown 1957 – – No. 2 Squadron RAF unknown 1945 unknown unknown 1946 – – No. 4 Squadron RAF unknown 1945 unknown unknown 1945 – – No. 16 Squadron RAF unknown 1945 unknown unknown 1946 – – No. 41 Squadron RAF moved 16-4-45 Twente NL moved 9-5-45 Kastrup DK –No. 130 Squadron RAF moved 16-4-45 Twente NL unknown 1945 – – No. 137 Squadron RAF unknown 1945 unknown unknown 1945 – – No. 268 Squadron RAF unknown 1945 unknown unknown 1945 – – No. 350 Squadron RAF moved 16-4-45 Twente NL unknown 1945 – – No. 414 Squadron RAF unknown 1945 unknown unknown 1945 – – No. 486 Squadron RAF unknown 1945 unknown unknown 1945 – – No. 652 Squadron RAF unknown 1946 unknown unknown 1956 – – 317th Troop Carrier Wing (Hvy) Moved 1948 Tachikawa, (Japan) Moved 1949 Frankfurt – 39th Troop Carrier Squadron Moved 1948 Wiesbaden Disbanded 1949 – – 40th Troop Carrier Squadron Moved 1948 Wiesbaden Disbanded 1949 – – 41st Troop Carrier Squadron Moved 1948 Wiesbaden Disbanded 1949 – – No. 11 Squadron RAF unknown 1949 unknown unknown 1950 – – No. 14 Squadron RAF unknown 1949 unknown unknown 1950 – – No. 98 Squadron RAF unknown 1949 unknown unknown 1950 – – No. 16 Squadron RAF unknown 1950 unknown unknown 1957 – – No. 93 Squadron RAF unknown 1950 unknown unknown 1952 – – No. 94 Squadron RAF unknown 1950 unknown unknown 1957 – – No. 145 Squadron RAF unknown 1952 unknown unknown 1957 – – OL6 601st AC&W Squadron Founded 1956 – Disbanded 1966 – – Flugplatzkommando (H) 846 Founded1957 –Disbanded1957 Celle HeeresfliegerstaffelFlugplatzkommando (H) 847 Founded1957 –Disbanded1957 Celle Heeresfliegerstaffel 1Flugplatzkommando (H) 848 Founded1957 –Disbanded1957 Celle HeeresfliegerstaffelHeeresfliegerstaffel Founded1957 –Renamed1967 Celle Flugplatzkommando (H) 422Heeresflieger Staffel 813 Moved1957 FritzlarDisbanded1959 Celle Heeresfliegerstaffel 1Heeresflieger Staffel 814 Founded1957 –Moved &Renamed1957 Itzehoe Heeresfliegerstaffel 6Heeresflieger Staffel 815 Founded1957 –Disbanded1957 Celle Heeresfliegerstaffel 1Heeresfliegerstaffel 1 Founded1957 CelleMoved &Renamed1959 Oberschleißheim Heeresfliegerstaffel (Gebirge) 8Heeresfliegertransportstaffel 823 Founded1957 –Renamed1959 Celle Heeresfliegertransportstaffel 103Heeresfliegerstaffel 1 Founded1959 CelleDisbanded1964 Celle Heeresfliegerbataillon 11Heeresfliegertransportstaffel 103 Renamed1959 CelleMoved1961 Rheine Heeresfliegertransportstaffel 823Flugabwehrbatterie 30 Founded1959 –Renamed1962 Celle Flugabwehr(L)batterie 90Lufttransportgeschwader 62 Founded1959 –Moved1960 Cologne unchangedLufttransportgeschwader 63 Founded1960 –Moved1967 Hohn unchangedHeeresfliegerstaffel 7 Moved1961 RheineDisbanded1968 Celle Heeresfliegerbataillon 7Flugabwehr(L)batterie 90 Renamed1962 CelleDisbanded1967 Celle –Heeresfliegerausbildungskompanie 432 Founded1962 –Disbanded1971 Rotenburg Heeresfliegerausbildungskompanie 432Drohnen Lehr- und Versuchsgruppe Founded1963 –Renamed1969 Celle Drohnen Lehr- und VersuchsstaffelHeeresfliegerbataillon 11 Founded1964 CelleDisbanded1971 Celle Heeresfliegerregiment 10,Heeresfliegerstaffel 11Flugplatzkommando (H) 422 Renamed1967 CelleRenamed1973 Celle Heeresflugplatzkommandantur 101Heeresfliegerinstandsetzungsstaffel 108 Moved1967 BückeburgDisbanded1971 Celle Heeresfliegerregiment 10Ausbildungskompanie Stabsdienst und Militärkraftfahrer 802 Founded1967 –Disbanded1993 Celle Kraftfahrausbildungszentrum CelleFlugsicherungsstaffel Fernmelderegiment 81 Founded1967 –Disbanded1991 – –73. Field Workshop (Aircraft) REME Founded 1968 – Disbanded 1977 – – Heeresfliegerbataillon 7 Founded1968 CelleDisbanded1971 Celle Heeresfliegerstaffel 7Drohnen Lehr- und Versuchsstaffel Renamed1969 CelleRenamed1973 Celle HeeresfliegerversuchsstaffelHeeresfliegerstaffel 11 Founded1971 CelleMoved1972 Rotenburg unchangedHeeresfliegerstaffel 7 Founded1971 CelleDisbanded1994 – –Heeresfliegerregiment 10 Founded1971 –Moved1981 Faßberg unchangedHeeresfliegerversuchsstaffel Renamed1973 CelleMoved &Renamed1981 Bückeburg Heeresfliegerversuchsstaffel 910Heeresflugplatzkommandantur 101 Renamed1973 CelleDisbanded1994 Celle Heeresfliegerregiment 16Heeresfliegerregiment 16 Founded1979 –Disbanded2003 Celle Heeresfliegerunterstützungsstaffel 14Heeresfliegerverbindungs- und Aufklärungsstaffel 100Heeresfliegerinstandsetzungsstaffel 100Heeresfliegerausbildungsstaffel 8/I Moved1995 RotenburgDisbanded2004 Celle Heeresfliegerstaffel 109Regionalfahrschule Technische Schule der Luftwaffe 1 Moved2001 FaßbergDisbanded2003 – –Heeresfliegerunterstützungsstaffel 14 Founded2002 CelleDisbanded2003 – –Heeresfliegerwaffenschule Ausbildungszentrum C Founded2002 –Renamed2007 Celle Heeresfliegerausbildungszentrum C

Aircraft

aircraft Nation Stationed from tillHeinkel He-45 1934 1938Heinkel He-46 1934 1938Heinkel He-72 „Kadett“ 1934 1938Focke Wulf Fw-44 „Stieglitz“ 1934 1938Focke Wulf Fw-56 „Stösser“ 1934 1937Arado Ar-96 1936 1937Junkers W-33 1936 1937Junkers W-34 1936 1937Junkers Ju 52 1937 1939Dornier Do 17 1937 1939Junkers Ju-86 1937 1939Heinkel He 111 1937 1939Junkers Ju 87 1939 1940 During World War II several units where stationed only briefly at the air base.No reliable information about these units are available yet.Junkers Ju 88 (Final assembly) 1944 1944Bücker Bü-181 1945 1945Fieseler Storch Fi-156 1945 1945Arado Ar-96 1945 1945Junkers W-34 1945 1945Supermarine Spitfire 1945 1946Hawker Typhoon 1945 1945Hawker Tempest 1945 1945Auster V 1946 1946Douglas C-54 Skymaster 1948 1949De Havilland Mosquito 1949 1950De Havilland Vampire 1950 1955De Havilland Venom 1954 1957Dornier Do-27 1957 1970Sikorsky H-34 1957 1970Skeeter Mark 6 1958 1960Aérospatiale Alouette II 1959 1994Nord Noratlas 1961 1967Bell UH-1D 1968 1981Bölkow BO 105 1969 2016

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