At the end of the war, the airfield at Jagel near Schleswig became home ground for a squadron of RAF Hawker Typhoon fighter-bombers, who moved to the airfield on 4th May 1945. From now on the Royal Air Force were owners of the airfield and it was known as RAF Schleswigland.

Earlier, at the start of World War 2, Schleswig-Jagel initially became a major bomber base, and home for Heinkel He-111 and Junkers Ju-88 medium bombers.

In April 1940 the bomber units moved out to support the Battle of Britain and made way for a fleet of Junkers Ju-52 transport aircraft.