German air rescue

Christoph 42 (DRF)

Established 1975

History Tracking

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

Christoph 42: 50 Years of Emergency Rescue

Feb 20, 2025 · German air ambulance DRF Luftrettung celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Christoph 42 station in Rendsburg
DRF Luftrettung Completes 1,000,000th Mission

Aug 24, 2021 · 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
DRF Ambulance at Rendsburg-Schachtholm

Jul 28, 2020 · German helicopter ambulance DRF moved the Schleswig-Holstein H145 base to the Rendsburg-Schachtholm airport
Christoph Regensburg Remains Red and White

Dec 20, 2019 · 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

Locations

1975-2020		Kreiskrankenhaus Rendsburg
2020-	EDXR	Rendsburg Schachtholm

Models

1975-2003	MBB Bo105
2004-2016	MBB Bk117
2004	Eurocopter EC135
2016-2020	Eurocopter EC145
2020-2023	Airbus H145D2
2023-	Airbus H145D3

Airframes (136)

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C/N	Version	Built	Reg			Location	Note
21073	h145d3	2021	D-HXFE	2023-11		📡 Hungriger Wolf / Itzehoe (ETHI)
21112	h145d3	2022	D-HXFF	2023-01		📡 Kreiskrankenhaus Rendsburg
				2023-02		📡 Rendsburg Schachtholm
				2023-03		📡 Schleswig Jagel
				2023-04		📡 Rendsburg Schachtholm
				2023-05		📡 Universitatsklinikum Kiel
				2023-07		📡 Hohn
				2024-02
				2024-02		📡 Rendsburg Schachtholm
				2024-03		📡 Klinikum Schleswig
				2024-04		📡 Rendsburg Schachtholm
				2024-05		📡 Lurssen (Kroeger Werft)
				2024-06		📡 Howaldtswerke
				2024-11		📡 Klinikum Nordfriesland Husum
				2025-02		Rendsburg Schachtholm	Christoph 42 50th anniversary
				2025-05		📡 Heide–Büsum Airport
				2025-06		📡 Rendsburg Schachtholm
				2025-07		📡 Lurssen (Kroeger Werft)
				2025-08		📡 Rendsburg Schachtholm
				2025-09		📡 Flensburg-Schaeferhaus
21130	h145d3	2022	D-HXFG	2022-09		Rendsburg Schachtholm
				2022-09		📡 Lurssen (Kroeger Werft)
				2022-09	CHX42	📡 Rendsburg Schachtholm
				2022-10		📡 Kiel-Holtenau
				2022-11		📡 Klinikum Schleswig
				2022-12		📡 Hohn
				2022-12		St. Vinzenz Hospital	noted at St Vinzenz Nippes.
				2023-01		📡 Klinikum Nordfriesland Niebuell
				2023-09		📡 Husum Schwesing
				2023-10		📡 Universitatsklinikum Kiel

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