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3 unusual facts about Fassberg


Fassberg

Faßberg Air Base – a German Army air base, successor to RAF Fassberg

Faßberg – a municipality in the district of Celle, in Lower Saxony, Germany

RAF Fassberg – a Royal Air Force air base between 1945 and 1957 in the vicinity of Faßberg


Alfred Druschel

His training began at the Luftkriegsschule 2 (Air War School) in Berlin-Gatow and Rangsdorf before he transferred to the Kampffliegerschule (Combat Fliers School) at Tutow and Fassberg.

No. 174 Squadron RAF

The Squadron disbanded in Germany on 8 April 1945 upon renumbering as No. 137 Squadron RAF, then reformed for two further brief periods and was equipped with Tempests in September 1945 before final disbandment at on 31 March 1946 at Faßberg, Germany.


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