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German air rescue

DE Christoph 53 (DRF)

Established 1986

History Tracking
Established July 1, 1986 and Christoph 53 is located at Mannheim Airport and operational from sunrise (7 a.m. at the earliest) to sunset around the industrially densely populated Rhine-Neckar conurbation with over two million inhabitants in the border triangle of Baden-Wurttemberg, Hesse and Rhineland-Palatinate.

In 2022, the Mannheim air rescue service was tasked with 1,118 missions

News

Locations

1986- EDFM MHG Mannheim City Airport

Models

2021-2023 Airbus H145D2
2023- Airbus H145D3

Airframes (75)

C/N Version Built Reg Location Note
20013 h145d2 2014 D-HDSG 2025-05 📡 OU Heidelberg-Schlierbach
2025-06 📡 Worms
2025-07 📡 UKRKH Heidelberg G
20004 h145d2 2015 D-HDSD 2025-07 📡 Darmstadt AAF
20187 h145d2 2017 D-HDSO 2023-08 Mannheim
2023-08 📡 UKRKH Heidelberg G
2023-09 📡 Technik Museum Sinsheim
20224 h145d2 2018 D-HDST 2022-09 📡 Oos
2025-07 📡 MiRO 1
2025-08 📡 Mannheim
2025-09 📡 Technik Museum Sinsheim
2025-10 📡 Mannheim
2025-11 📡 Mannheim
2025-12 📡 Mannheim
2026-01 📡 Mannheim
2026-02 📡 UKRKH Heidelberg R
2026-03 📡 Heidelberg
2026-03 Mannheim seen near EDFM Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg as CHX53
2026-03 Mannheim seen near EDFM Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg as CHX53
2026-04 📡 OU Heidelberg-Schlierbach
20319 h145d2 2020 D-HDRF 2023-09 📡 OU Heidelberg-Schlierbach
2023-10 📡 Mannheim
2023-11 📡 Schwabisch Hall Adolf Wurth
2023-12 📡 Technik Museum Sinsheim
2024-01 📡 Mannheim
2024-02 📡 UKRKH Heidelberg G
2024-03 📡 Mannheim
2024-04 📡 Mannheim
21009 h145d3 2020 D-HXFA 2024-04 📡 UKRKH Heidelberg G
2024-05 📡 OU Heidelberg-Schlierbach