immediately after the end of hostilities in the area, members of the royal canadian air force occupied the airfield reinsehlen. in late april 1945, they expelled the families living in five neighbouring farms. meanwhile, wehrmacht ammunitions were destroyed, often endangering civilians nearby. in addition, some concrete roads, a runway and other facilities in the northwest were blown up. in the course of 1945 glider pilots started to use the remaining airfield. reportedly, they were british officers stationed in the lüneburg area. the canadians remained in the barracks through the winter of 1945/46. relations between the occupying forces and the dps were quite bad, as glider draglines smashed repeatedly into crops and some fields tilled by the dps were confiscated in 1947 for use by the allied forces' gliding club. the club also claimed the former ammunitions bunkers as storage space, evicting some of the refugees.