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'''Münster-Handorf Airfield''' is an abandoned military airfield located in [[Germany]] about 5 miles east-northeast of [[Münster]] (Nordrhein-Westfalen); approximately 250 miles west of [[Berlin]].
'''Münster-Handorf Airfield''' is an abandoned military airfield located in [[Germany]] about 5 miles east-northeast of [[Münster]] (Nordrhein-Westfalen); approximately 250 miles west of [[Berlin]].

Fliegerhorst Münster-Handorf was one of the first [[Luftwaffe]] airfields, being established in 1935. After being captured by Allied Forces in April 1945, it briefly became an Allied airfield at the end of the war, then being used as a Garrison for the Army of Occupation. It was later closed and today little remains of the airfield except some concreted areas used as roads and some abandoned destroyed buildings in an industrial estate.


==History==
==History==

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Münster-Handorf Airfield (Y-94)
Fliegerhorst Münster-Handorf
Coordinates51°59′18″N 007°43′55″E / 51.98833°N 7.73194°E / 51.98833; 7.73194
TypeMilitary Airfield
Site history
Built by  Luftwaffe
Münster-Handorf Airfield is located in Germany
Münster-Handorf Airfield
Münster-Handorf Airfield
Location of Münster-Handorf Airfield, Germany

Münster-Handorf Airfield is an abandoned military airfield located in Germany about 5 miles east-northeast of Münster (Nordrhein-Westfalen); approximately 250 miles west of Berlin.

Fliegerhorst Münster-Handorf was one of the first Luftwaffe airfields, being established in 1935. After being captured by Allied Forces in April 1945, it briefly became an Allied airfield at the end of the war, then being used as a Garrison for the Army of Occupation. It was later closed and today little remains of the airfield except some concreted areas used as roads and some abandoned destroyed buildings in an industrial estate.

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