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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
21009 h145d3 2020 D-HXFA 2024-06 📡 Kaiserslautern
2024-07 📡 OU Heidelberg-Schlierbach
2024-08 📡 OU Heidelberg-Schlierbach
2024-09 📡 BG Klinikum Ludwigshafen
21030 h145d3 2021 D-HXFB 2026-04 📡 Coleman Barracks
2026-04 Mannheim seen near EDFM Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg as CHX53
2026-04 Mannheim seen at EDFM Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg as CHX53
2026-04 as CHX53
2026-05 📡 OU Heidelberg-Schlierbach
2026-06 📡 OU Heidelberg-Schlierbach
2026-07 📡 Mannheim
21073 h145d3 2021 D-HXFE 2024-10 📡 Helios Klink Erlenbach
21175 h145d3 2022 D-HXFI 2025-08 📡 Karlsruhe Baden-Baden
2025-09 📡 Helios Klink Erlenbach
21170 h145d3 2022 D-HXFH 2025-08 📡 OU Heidelberg-Schlierbach