BFG Gütersloh, Princess Royal Barracks

Former RAFGermany Gütersloh, ICAO: ETUO was the nearest RAF base to the former East/West German border. The airfield was constructed by the Germans prior to WW2, captured by US Army in april 1945 and handed over to RAF in june 1945 as Headquarters No. 2 Grp RAF.
During RAFG history the base was home of the English Electric Lightning F2/F2A interceptor forces (19 and 2 Sqn 1968 until 1976); then It was home of the BAe Harriers in various variants (3 and 4 Sqn 1976 until 1989). After the Harriers left, Gütersloh became a helicopter base (18 Sqn with Boeing Chinooks and 230 Sqn with Puma HC1's until 1994).

Following the withdrawal by RAFG in 1994, the base was handed over to BFG army and became the Princess Royal Barracks.
Gütersloh is currently a base for the British Army Air Corps and Royal Logistic Corps hosting:
- Gütersloh Garrison Hq
- 102 Logistics Brigade Hq
- 1st Regiment AAC (652 Sqn and 661 Sqn AAC total 20 Westland Lynx AH.9)
- 1 and 2 Logistic Support Regiment Royal Logistics Corps
- 6 Regt Royal Logistics Corps [2]
- 1 Regiment Royal Military Police
- 262 Signal Sqn Royal Signals

Weblink to British Forces Germany Gütersloh Garrison:
http://www.bfgnet.de/Community/gutersloh.htm

Off Army Air orps website:
http://www.army.mod.uk/aviation/air.aspx

Royal Military Police world website:
http://www.redcap70.net/

262 Signal Sqn website:
http://www.army.mod.uk/signals/organisation/9135.aspx

Search for BFG Gütersloh, Princess Royal Barracks