Location: Gatow
| Name: | Gatow |
| BFPO: | 45 |
| Camp: | RAF Gatow |
| Town: | Berlin |
| Country: | Germany |
| Type(s): | First, Primary |
| Notes Gatow school is first mentioned in the 1947 BFES Gazette and later in the 1952 "Coronation List". This is a list of schools that existed in 1952. It is believed that Gatow School initially used the building which became the Havel school. A purpose built First School was opened in 1977 and later converted to Primary. The school was the final one to close following the Allies departure from Berlin in 1994. | |
The school was inside the former RAF Gatow Camp.........now General-Steinhoff-Kaserne.
An aerial view of Gatow First School (as it was at that time).
Outside one of the classrooms.
A photograph with headteacher John Hancock and his staff........date unknown.
Following the school closure in 1994 the school has since been demolished.
All images are courtesy of the RAF Gatow First School Facebook page.
There is a video on the archives page concerning travel through the 'corridor' to Berlin.