
The Rendsburg station is one of DRF Luftrettung’s oldest starting operating in Schleswig-Holstein, in northern Germany. Nowadays, Christoph 42 is the only 24-hour helicopter in the country with around 1,700 missions a year, an essential component in the comprehensive emergency care of the people in the region. It is used in emergency rescue and for the urgent transportation of patients between clinics.
News about Christoph 42 (DRF) |

Christoph 42: 50 Years of Emergency Rescue
20-Feb-25 - German air ambulance DRF Luftrettung celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Christoph 42 station in Rendsburg #Rendsburg
DRF Luftrettung Completes 1,000,000th Mission
24-Aug-21 - German air ambulance DRF Luftrettung completed its one million mission since founded in 1973. DRF Luftrettung aircraft flies around 40,000 missions a year which is an average of 110 per day #OneMillion
DRF Ambulance at Rendsburg-Schachtholm
28-Jul-20 - German helicopter ambulance DRF moved the Schleswig-Holstein H145 base to the Rendsburg-Schachtholm airport #H145
Christoph Regensburg Remains Red and White
20-Dec-19 - The Bavarian State renewed contact for 5 years for DRF Luftrettung medical station at Regensburg university hospital. Opened in 1994 the helicopter responded around 1400 calls per year. Since 2015 using a H145/EC145T2 #Regensburg
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