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Royal Air Force Hospital Wegberg | |
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Royal Air Force, part of Ministry of Defence (UK MoD) | |
Geography | |
Location | Wegberg, Mönchengladbach, North Rhine Westphalia, Germany |
Coordinates | 51°09′26.21″N 6°18′19.81″E / 51.1572806°N 6.3055028°E |
Organisation | |
Care system | British Forces Germany |
Funding | Government hospital |
Type | Military hospital |
Affiliated university | Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London |
Network | RAF Medical Services |
History | |
Construction started | February 1953 |
Opened | 1 November 1953 |
Closed | 1 April 1996 |
Links | |
Website | RAF(H) Wegberg |
Lists | Hospitals in Germany |
The former Royal Air Force Hospital Wegberg, commonly abbreviated to RAF(H) Wegberg, was a Royal Air Force (RAF) military hospital located in Wegberg, near the city of Mönchengladbach, in the then West Germany.[1] It was opened in 1953 to serve the British Armed Forces personnel already in the area, and in anticipation of the construction and opening of the large RAF Rheindahlen base, nearby.