Base for Lightnings and Hunters

[Patron7]

I have a very talented freeware scenery designer who is interested in doing a RAF Airfield in Germany for FSX. He would like to have it applicable (in perhaps different eras) for both the Lightning and the Hunter. The Lightning choices appear to be RAF Geilenkirchen (ETNG) or RAF Gutersloh (ETUO), but I can find no references to see whether these airfields ever had Hunters assigned.

I'm also interested in finding a UK airfield that had both Hunter and Lightning squadrons assigned there at some point.

AlphaSim will release or revise the Lightning Pack, and Dave Garwood will eventually redo the Hunter.

OK my British cousins, how about some ideas please. What are the best choices here?

If you can also recommend any references it would be a help.

Best Regards,

Bill

[TSR2]

Hi Bill,

This is something that is much needed in my view, as the RAF in the 50's, 60's & 70's had such a significant prescense in Germany. It would seem Gutersloh had at least one version of Hunter.... http://www.spyflight.co.uk/fr10.htm and it would be great to see this base recreated.

On the UK front, perhaps one of the Airfields no longer in existance... Binbrook... The Lightnings were definately ther, and I'm pretty certain Hunters were too.
Heres, some Binbrook info...

http://www.binbrook.demon.co.uk/html/binbrook.html

Hope thats of some use.

[DaveB]

Hi Bill,

They were all over the shop according to my 'RAF Hunters in Germany' I'll try and run through them..

2 Group
RAF Jever - 122 Wing (Sqns.. 2, 4, 93, 98, 118
RAF Oldenberg - 124 Wing (Sqns.. 14, 20, 26
RAF Ahlhorn - 125 Wing (Sqns.. 14, 20, 26
RAF Gutersloh - 121 Wing (Sqns.. 14, 20, 26, 2, 4
83 Group
RAF Bruggen - 135 Wing (..67, 71, 112, 130
RAF Geilenkirchen - 138 Wing (Sqn.. 3, 234

Hope this is of some use to you ;-)

ATB

DaveB :tab:

[Trev Clark]

RAF Gutersloh will cover Hunters as well as Lightnings (and even Pumas ;-) ), but I have very little info on the place.

RAF Jever was a base for Hunters and Swifts and Sabres, check out the drop down box (RAF Jever) for Sqn details and FULL pilots notes for the Hunter F6 and Sabre!

http://www.rafjever.org/index.htm

[TSR2]

Gutersloh also had the Jags in later life, and Harriers?

[Techy111]

We had Chipmunks at RAF Gatow(West Berlin)....oh and Army Air Corp Gazelles And i remember the old Pembroke doing its sneeky beaky flights also I refuelled it many times...

Techy

[AndyG]

The RAFG locations would be greatly appreciated, as they are (in the main) sorely lacking from the FS world. I think there might be a Wildenrath and/or Laarbruch over at Avsim, but don't quote me on that.

XR219, if you are missing a Binbrook scenery then you might consider looking over at the Sim-Outhouse. Search under "Cees Donker" who has covered quite a few locations, mainly for WW2 purposes, but also some 50-60's in the form of Binbrook and Wattisham. He has also done a bit of an update for the stock Leuchars scenery.

Andy

[Motormouse]

IIRC West Raynham had both types for a while.

ttfn

Pete

[Chris Trott]

I'd love to see Geilenkirchen. It's still used by the USAF (for training) and the Germans have aircraft based there as I recall.

[migman29]

We had Chipmunks at RAF Gatow(West Berlin)....oh and Army Air Corp Gazelles And i remember the old Pembroke doing its sneeky beaky flights also I refuelled it many times...

Techy

How about some flight plans for the sneaky-beaky flights?

There's a pretty decent free Pembroke over at The Pond. tonka

Miggers