page_title: Nordholz Naval Airbase
section_title: Postwar use
hierarchical_section_title: Nordholz Naval Airbase / History / Postwar use
caption_attribution_description: English: 406th Fighter Group P-47 Thunderbolts, AAF Station Nordholz, Germany, June 1945
context_page_description: Nordholz Naval Airbase is a German Naval Air base located near the town of Nordholz in Lower Saxony, 25 km north of Bremerhaven, and 12 km southwest of Cuxhaven. It is the home of Naval Air Command, with the Naval Air Wing 3 and Naval Air Wing 5, equipped with the P-3C Orion, Dornier Do 228NG, Mk88A Sea Lynx and Mk41 Sea King.
context_section_description: The airfield was occupied by American forces on 16 May 1945 as part of the American Zone of Occupation in the Bremen area, an enclave surrounded by the British zone. The United States Army Air Forces moved into the airfield on 5 June and it served as home for P-47 Thunderbolts of 86th Fighter Group 512th and 513th Fighter Squadrons, flying air defense missions from the base over the Bremen area. Initially given the designation of Advanced Landing Ground "R-56", it was renamed Army Air Force Station Nordholtz, or simply Nordholz Air Base. After reducing the boundary of the American enclave to the borders of the State of Bremen in 1947 the airfield, located in Lower Saxony, was handed over to the Royal Air Force, who began dismantling the airport installations and destroying the three concrete runways.
caption: 406th Fighter Group P-47 Thunderbolts, AAF Station Nordholz, Germany, June 1945.
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