RAF Geilenkirchen

Royal Air Force Station Geilenkirchen, more commonly known as RAF Geilenkirchen, was a Royal Air Force station in the North Rhine-Westphalia region of Germany, built by the British who used the facility mainly as an airfield for RAF fighter squadrons from May 1953 until 21 January 1968.HistoryGeilenkirchen squadronsNo 2 Squadron RAF - 1955-1957; operated the Gloster Meteor FR.9 and later the Supermarine Swift FR.5.No. 3 Squadron RAF - 1953-1957 and 1959–1961, 1961-68; operated the Hawker Hunter F.4, the Gloster Javelin FAW.4 and the English Electric Canberra B(I).8 (1961-68).No. 5 Squadron RAF - 1962-1965; operated the Gloster Javelin FAW.9.No. 11 Squadron RAF - 1959-1965; operated the Gloster Meteor NF.11 and later the Gloster Javelin FAW.4, FAW.5, FAW.9.No. 59 Squadron RAF - 1957-1961; operated the Canberra B.2 and B(I).8 (1957-61).No. 92 Squadron RAF - 1965-1968; operated the English Electric Lightning F.2, F.2A.No. 96 Squadron RAF - 1958-1959; operated the Gloster Javelin FAW.4.No. 234 Squadron RAF - 1954-1957; operated the Canadair Sabre F.4 and later the Hawker Hunter F.4.No. 256 Squadron RAF - 1958-1958; operated the Gloster Meteor NF.11.