Faßberg Air Base

Faßberg Air Base Heeresflugplatz Faßberg
(Advanced Landing Ground B-152)
Faßberg, Lower Saxony in Germany
Former main entrance to Faßberg Air Base
ETHS Shown within Lower Saxony
Coordinates	52°55′10″N 010°11′20″E / 52.91944°N 10.18889°E / 52.91944; 10.18889Coordinates: 52°55′10″N 010°11′20″E / 52.91944°N 10.18889°E / 52.91944; 10.18889
Type	Air Base
Site information
Owner	Federal Ministry of Defence
Operator	Bundeswehr
Site history
Built	1934 (1934)
In use	1934-present
Airfield information
Identifiers	ICAO: ETHS
Elevation	75 metres (246 ft) AMSL
Runways Direction Length and surface 09/27 2,440 metres (8,005 ft) Asphalt 09L/27R 1,000 metres (3,281 ft) Grass 06/24 400 metres (1,312 ft) Grass

Faßberg Air Base (German: 'Heeresflugplatz Faßberg') (ICAO: ETHS) is located 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) northeast of the municipality of Faßberg, Lower Saxony, Germany. The air base is jointly used by the German Army and the German Air Force (Luftwaffe). Its main user is the German Army Aviation Corps.

An airfield was established in 1934. However, since Germany was not allowed to possess an air force (Luftwaffe) under the rules of the Treaty of Versailles, the airfield was supposed to serve a future air force.

Between 1934 and 1945 various Luftwaffe units were based on the air base, flying aircraft as diverse as Junkers Ju 52, Junkers Ju 88, Heinkel He 111, and towards the final stages of World War II Messerschmitt Me 163 and Messerschmitt Me 262.

In April 1945 the airfield was overrun by the British Army and subsequently used by the Royal Air Force. It was renamed first Airfield B 152 and later RAF Fassberg. During the Berlin Blockade RAF Fassberg played an important role as a hub for supplying the city.

Whilst being occupied by the British Armed Forces several RAF squadrons were based at Fassberg. The first of these was 26 Squadron who arrived on 13 April 1946 and stayed for varying periods during the next 16 months. The squadron initially used the Hawker Tempest F.5 until June 1946 when it switched to the Tempest F.2. The Squadron stayed until 11 August 1947 then moved to RAF Gutersloh.