RAF Celle

The former Royal Air Force Station Celle (pron: tszella), more commonly known as RAF Celle, was a Royal Air Force station, a military airbase, in Germany, situated in the south-western suburbs of Celle, Lower Saxony. RAF Celle was also known as "Wietzenbruch airbase", named after the close-by district Wietzenbruch.

On 11 April 1945 the airfield surrendered and was handed over to the British Army by a German NCO without having suffered any serious damage during World War II.

Until the Berlin Airlift the airfield remained in a secondary with mainly liaison flights to the United Kingdom. After some flight movements in 1945 and 1946, no flights were recorded in 1947 and the hangars were instead used as storage facilities for furniture and tanks. During the airlift missions were flown by USAF 317th Troop Carrier Wing (Hvy) equipped with Douglas C-54 Skymaster.

Following the end of the Berlin Airlift in 1949, the airfield was again used exclusively by the British Armed Forces until 1957.

The airfield was returned to the German government on 27 November 1957, and the site is now controlled by the German Bundeswehr (Federal Defence Force).

Celle is now the "Celle Air Base", and home to the German Army Aviation Corps "Army Aviation Training Centre C", "Army Aviation Liaison and Reconnaissance Helicopter Squadron 100" and "Army Aviation Maintenance Squadron 100".

Celle squadrons

 * No. 4 Squadron RAF; de Havilland Mosquito FB6
 * No. 16 Squadron RAF;
 * No. 98 Squadron RAF; de Havilland Mosquito B35
 * No. 51 Squadron RAF Regiment
 * 226 Signal Squadron Royal Corps of Signals