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Offline Janice M

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1951 Germany RAF (BAFO) Base
« on: Monday 08 December 14 04:26 GMT (UK) »
Hoping someone could help.

Photos taken around 1951 in Germany. The man in the photo is my uncle, and he was a photographer from Glasgow.

First off, the uniform and what the stripes mean.

Secondly, any idea of where in Germany this base could be?

Any help would be appreciated.

Thank you.

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Re: 1951 Germany RAF (BAFO) Base
« Reply #1 on: Monday 08 December 14 08:43 GMT (UK) »
The stripes are those of a corporal - a junior non- commissioned officer.

BAFO - British Air Force of Occupation. (1945 - 1951) The rest centre could be anywhere.

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Re: 1951 Germany RAF (BAFO) Base
« Reply #2 on: Monday 08 December 14 09:25 GMT (UK) »
Hi
I was born on an RAF base in Germany in the late 1950s and have found information about it on this site: www.baor-locations.org
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Noble, Gray, Bird - Durham/Northumberland

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Re: 1951 Germany RAF (BAFO) Base
« Reply #3 on: Monday 08 December 14 19:23 GMT (UK) »
Try the RAF museum, Hendon. They may have some information.

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Re: 1951 Germany RAF (BAFO) Base
« Reply #4 on: Monday 08 December 14 22:33 GMT (UK) »
Thank you so much everyone. I really appreciate it.

Janice
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Re: 1951 Germany RAF (BAFO) Base
« Reply #5 on: Monday 08 December 14 23:34 GMT (UK) »
Good evening,

The most obvious places would be RAF Rheindahlen, this was a non flying base on the western border with Holland. Or RAF Wegberg which was the RAF hospital next door.

The other bases were all operational airfields, hardly the place for a rest centre.

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Re: 1951 Germany RAF (BAFO) Base
« Reply #6 on: Tuesday 09 December 14 00:17 GMT (UK) »
Thank you so much. I will check into that.

Janice
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Re: 1951 Germany RAF (BAFO) Base
« Reply #7 on: Monday 15 December 14 12:43 GMT (UK) »
Could be anyone of these!!  :) Germany
RAF Ahlhorn
RAF Blankensee
RAF Bruggen - now a British Army Garrison, called "Elmpt Station, Javelin Barracks"
RAF Buckeburg
RAF Butzweilerhof
RAF Celle
RAF Fassberg
RAF Fuhlsbüttel
RAF Gatow
RAF Geilenkirchen
RAF Goch
RAF Gütersloh - now a British Army Garrison, called "Princess Royal Barracks, Gütersloh", (AAC Gütersloh)
RAF Hambuhren
RAF Hehn
RAF Hustedt
RAF Husum - a remote radar station on the coast near Husum, Schleswig-Holstein
RAF Jever
RAF Laarbruch
RAF Lubeck
RAF Luneberg
RAF Oldenburg
RAF Plantlünne
RAF Rheindahlen - now occupied by the British Army, as HQ United Kingdom Support Command (Germany) (HQ UKSC(G))
RAF Schleswigland
RAF Sundern
RAF Sylt
RAF Uetersen
RAF Wahn
RAF Hospital Wegberg - now occupied by the British Army, as HQ British Forces Germany Health Service (BFGHS)
RAF Wildenrath
RAF Winterberg
RAF Wunstorf
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Re: 1951 Germany RAF (BAFO) Base
« Reply #8 on: Tuesday 16 December 14 11:53 GMT (UK) »
From that list you might want to take a closer look at RAF Winterberg which was used as a leave centre  by BAOR (British Army Of  the Rhine)
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