RAF Bruggen
RAF Bruggen,
Germany was until
June 15 2001 a major station of the
Royal Air Force.RAF Bruggen was situated next to the village of Elmpt, approximately 43 km west of
Düsseldorf near the German-
Netherlands border. The base was named after the village of Bruggen, the nearest rail depot. Construction began in mid-
1952 which involved the clearing of dense forest and draining of marshland. The station became active in
1953 during the rapid expansion of
NATO forces in
Europe.
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RAF Brüggen
Airport Name: RAF Brüggen
Airport Location: Brüggen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
IATA Code: BGN
ICAO Code: ETUR