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Wunstorf Air Base

This air base was built in 1936 and is still operational. The 5th Parachute Brigade, 6th Airborne Division captured Wunstorf on 8 April 1945. The base was temporary renamed RAF Station Wunstorf in the period 1947-1957.

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Text: Kaj Metz & Gaspard Estourgie
Photos: IWM (BU 3260)
De Berlijnse Luchtbrug, Barry Turner

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52.452098, 9.435506

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