Celle Air Base German: Heeresflugplatz Celle is a military airbase of the German Army. The airfield is situated southwest of the city of Celle, Lower Saxony, Germany. It was opened in 1934 and has been in military use ever since. Today the aerodrome is used by a helicopter training school, a helicopter liaison and reconnaissance squadron and a helicopter maintenance unit utilising the type Bölkow Bo-105.
Celle Air Base
Parade formation of the flying school in 1935 with Junkers Ju 52, Focke-Wulf Fw 44 and Heinkel He 72.
The airfield in 1935.
The subsurface of the airfield is mixed with bitumen in 1937.
Celle is a town and capital of the district of Celle in Lower Saxony, in north-central Germany. The town is situated on the banks of the river Aller, a tributary of the Weser, and has a population of about 71,000. Celle is the southern gateway to the Lüneburg Heath, has a castle built in the Renaissance and Baroque styles and a picturesque old town centre with more than 400 timber-framed houses, making Celle one of the most remarkable members of the German Timber-Frame Road. From 1378 to 1705 Celle was the official residence of the Lüneburg branch of the dukes of Brunswick-Lüneburg, who had been banished from their original ducal seat by its townsfolk.
Celle Castle
Rooftop view of Celle
Hugenottenstraße is the main street of the former French quarter
Emigrantenstraße, a historical street laid out for Austrian refugees