Hopsten is a municipality in the district of Steinfurt, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated approximately 15 km northeast of Rheine and...
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Rheine-Hopsten Air Base is a former German Air Force military airfield, located 9.3 km north east of Rheine in Westphalia, Germany. The runway was closed...
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quadruple autocannon batteries at Rheine-Hopsten to protect the approaches. After seven Tempests were lost to flak at Hopsten in a week, the "Rat Scramble" was...
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the jet, but instead flew towards the Me 262 and Arado Ar 234 base at Hopsten air base. (which also hosted Bf 109 and Fw 190-day fighters and Messerschmitt...
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AA batteries at Rheine-Hopsten, to protect the approaches. After seven Tempests were lost to anti-aircraft fire at Rheine-Hopsten in a single week, the...
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CBU Cottbus-Drewitz Airport (closed January 2020) Hopsten North Rhine-Westphalia ETNP Rheine-Hopsten Air Base (closed 2005) Munich Bavaria EDDM MUC Munich-Riem...
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Flensburg. On 26 November 1944, a Me 262A-2a Sturmvogel of III/KG51 based at Hopsten/Rheine near Osnabruck was the first confirmed ground-to-air kill of a jet...
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Fürstenfeldbruck Air Base Jever Air Base Landsberg am Lech Air Base Munich–Riem Pferdsfeld Air Base Rheine-Bentlage Air Base Rheine-Hopsten Air Base Statistics...
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Fürstenfeldbruck Air Base Jever Air Base Landsberg am Lech Air Base Munich–Riem Pferdsfeld Air Base Rheine-Bentlage Air Base Rheine-Hopsten Air Base Statistics...
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Horstmar Ibbenbüren Lengerich Ochtrup Rheine Steinfurt Tecklenburg Altenberge Hopsten Ladbergen Laer Lienen Lotte Metelen Mettingen Neuenkirchen Nordwalde Recke...
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