The former Royal Air Force Hospital Wegberg, commonly abbreviated to RAF(H) Wegberg, was a Royal Air Force

Royal Air Force

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 military

Military

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 hospital

Hospital

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 located in Wegberg

Wegberg

Wegberg is the northernmost town in the district of Heinsberg in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.-Geography:Wegberg is situated between Mönchengladbach in the northeast and Erkelenz in the southeast. The city lies in the Naturpark Maas-Schwalm-Nette, a nature and wildlife park hugging the border to...

, near the city of Mönchengladbach

Mönchengladbach

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, in Germany

Germany

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It was opened in 1953 after being built in just 111 days. It functioned as a fully operating hospital for the RAF forces based in West Germany for 43 years. In 1996 a wing of the hospital burned down and on 1 April 1996 it was formally handed over to [United Kingdom Support Command] UKSC.