| Bundeswehr Museum of Military History – Berlin-Gatow Airfield | |
| Native Name: | Militärhistorisches Museum der Bundeswehr – Flugplatz Berlin Gatow |
| Native Name Lang: | de |
| Coordinates: | 52.4717°N 13.1389°W |
| Type: | Military Museum |
| Founder: | Helmut Jaeckel |
| Car Park: | On site (no charge) |
The Militärhistorisches Museum der Bundeswehr – Flugplatz Berlin-Gatow (Bundeswehr Museum of Military History – Berlin-Gatow Airfield; formally known as Luftwaffenmuseum der Bundeswehr), is the Berlin branch of the Bundeswehr Military History Museum. The museum acts as an independent military department.
The museum is in Berlin at a former Luftwaffe and Royal Air Force (RAF) airfield, RAF Gatow. The focus is on military history, particularly the history of the post-war German Air Force. The museum has a collection of more than 200,000 items, including 155 aeroplanes, 5,000 uniforms and 30,000 books. There are also displays (including aeroplanes) on the history of the airfield when it was used by the RAF.
Aircraft include World War I planes such as the Fokker E.III as reproductions, and World War II planes such as the Bf 109, as well as at least one aircraft of every type ever to serve in the air forces of East and West Germany. Most of those postwar aircraft are stored outside on the tarmac and runways, however, and many are in bad condition. There are long term restoration projects, including a Focke-Wulf Fw 190. Because of that the museum is under construction, some exhibits are shortly removed for restoration, repainting or lending to other museums.
The museum traces its beginnings to 1957, when a former government official named Helmut Jaeckel started acquiring the personal collections of Wehrmacht soldiers and displaying them at Uetersen Airfield. In 1963 a board of trustees was founded to run the new museum. However, due to financial difficulties, operation of the museum was handed over to the Bundeswehr in 1987. From 1995 to 1996 the museum was relocated to the former airbase at RAF Gatow.[1]
| Country of Origin | Model / Nickname | Location | Picture | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Douglas C-47 | original A65-69 from: Deutsches Technikmuseum Berlin next to Tower | |||
| Avro 504K | Reproduction hangar 3 | |||
 Germany | Bücker Bü 181 | hangar 3 | ||
| CASA 2.111 | ||||
| Germany | DFS 230 | Reproduction hangar 3 | ||
| Farman III | Reproduction hangar 3 | |||
| Germany | Fieseler Fi 156 Storch | Reproduction hangar 3 | ||
| Germany | Fokker D VII (F) | Reproduction hangar 3 | ||
| Germany | Fokker Dr.I | Reproduction hangar 3 | ||
| Germany | Fokker E.III | Reproduction hangar 3 | ||
| Germany | Grunau Baby II | original hangar 3 | ||
| Germany | Junkers J 9 (DI) | Reproduction hangar 3 | ||
| Germany | Etrich-Rumpler Taube | Reproduction hangar 3 | ||
| Germany | Messerschmitt Bf 108 Taifun | wreck[2] | ||
| Hispano Aviación HA-1112 | hangar 3 | |||
| Germany | Messerschmitt Me 163 | original hangar 3 | ||
| Germany | DFS SG 38 Schulgleiter | original hangar 3 | ||
| Germany | Siebel Si 204 | original depot | ||
| Germany | Siemens-Schuckert D.III | Reproduction hangar 3 |
| Country of Origin | Model / Nickname | Location | Picture | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breguet 1150 Atlantic 61+17 | original open air | |||
| Canadair CL-13B Sabre Mk.6 D-9542 | original open air | |||
| Dassault Mirage III 13-OL | original open air | |||
| Dassault Super Mystère 10-SA | original open air | |||
| Dassault/Dornier Alpha Jet 41+50 | original hangar 7 | |||
| DHC-1 Chipmunk T-10 WG466 | hangar 3[3] | Sammlungsseite | ||
| Dornier Do-27 57+38 | original hangar 7 | |||
| Dornier Do-28 D-2 59+20 | original open air | |||
| English Electric Canberra 99+35 | original open air | |||
| English Electric Lightning F.2A XN730 | original open air | |||
| Fairey Gannet AS.4 UA+106 | original open air | |||
| Fiat G-91 R3 99+12 | original open air | |||
| Fiat G-91 R4 35+41 | original open air | |||
| Fiat G-91 T3 99+40 | original open air | |||
| Fouga CM.170 Magister AA+014 | original hangar 7 | |||
| Gloster Meteor NF.11 | original open air | |||
| Hawker Harrier GR Mk.1 XV278 | original open air | |||
| Hawker Sea Hawk Mk.4 WV865 | original open air | |||
| Hawker Hunter F Mk.6 XG152 | original open air | |||
| Hamburger Flugzeugbau HFB-320 Hansa Jet Hansa-Jet ECM 16+26 | original open air | |||
| Hunting Percival P.66 Pembroke C.Mk. 54 AS-558 | original open air | |||
| Lockheed F-104G Starfighter 26+49 | original open air | |||
| Lockheed F-104G Starfighter 20+37 | original hangar 3 | |||
| Lockheed F-104G Starfighter on Zero-length launcher DB+127 | original open air (next to tower building) | |||
| Lockheed TF-104G Starfighter 27+90 | original open air | |||
| Lockheed F-104F Starfighter 29+06 | original hangar 7 | |||
| Lockheed T-33A 9455 | original open air | |||
| Cessna T-37B 65-10824 EN | original hangar 7 | |||
| McDonnell Douglas F-4F Phantom II 38+34 | original hangar 7 | |||
| McDonnell Douglas RF-4E Phantom II 35+62 | original open air | |||
| Nord Aviation N2501D Noratlas 99+14 | original open air | |||
| North American F-86K Sabre 55-4881 as JD-249 | original open air | |||
| North American Harvard AA+615 | original hangar 7 | |||
| Panavia Tornado IDS 44+68 | original hangar 7 | |||
| Piaggio P.149 90+78 | original open air | |||
| Piper PA-18 Super Cub AS+525 | original hangar 3 (Decke) | |||
| Pützer Elster 97+03 | original depot | |||
| Raab Doppelraab IV D-3547 | original depot | |||
| Republic F-84F Thunderstreak DF-316 | original hangar 7 | |||
| Republic RF-84F Thunderflash EB-344 | original open air | |||
| Rockwell OV-10B Bronco 99+33 | original open air | |||
| C-160 Transall 50+56 | original open air |
| Country of Origin | Model / Nickname | Location | Picture | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antonov An-2 822 | original depot | |||
| Antonov An-26 52+09, ex 369 | original open air | |||
| Ilyushin Il-28 208 | original open air | |||
| Yakovlev Yak-11 225 | original hangar 3 | |||
| Yakovlev Yak-18 25 | original depot | |||
| Let L-29 Delfin 311 | original open air | |||
| Let L-39V Albatros 28–48, ex 170 | original open air | |||
| Let L-410 UVP 53+10, ex 318 | original open air | |||
| Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15bis 3905 | original open air | |||
| Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17F 346 | original open air | |||
| Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17PF | original open air | |||
| Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21M 596 | original open air | |||
| Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21UM 23–77, ex 256 | original open air | |||
| Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21F-13 645 | original open air | |||
| Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23BN 20–51, ex 710 | original open air | |||
| Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23MF 20–02, ex 577 | original open air | |||
| Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-29G 29+03, ex 615 | original hangar 7 | |||
| Sukhoi Su-22M4 25+44, ex 798 | original open air | |||
| Zlín Z 43 D-ENVA, ex 17 | original open air |
| Country of Origin | Model / Nickname | Location | Picture | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alouette II 76+03 | original depot | |||
| Alouette II 75+46 | original depot | |||
| Bell UH-1D Iroquois 71+42 | original hangar 7 | |||
| Bell UH-1D Iroquois D-HATE | original open air | |||
| Boeing Vertol/Piasecki H-21 83+08 | original hangar 3 | |||
| Bristol Type 171 Sycamore HR.52 78+04 | original hangar 7 | |||
| MBB Bo-105 98+20 | original open air | |||
| MBB Bo-105 | original hangar 7 | |||
| Mil Mi-2 94+63, ex 393 | original open air | |||
| Mil Mi-4A 565 | original open air | |||
| Mil Mi-8S 93+51, ex 914 | original open air | |||
| Mil Mi-8T 93+14, ex 927 | original open air | |||
| Mil Mi-9 93+92, ex 411 | original open air | |||
| Mil Mi-24D 5211, ex 521 | original open air | |||
| Mil Mi-24P 96+43, ex 387 | original open air | |||
| Saunders Roe Skeeter | original hangar 3 | |||
| Sikorsky H-34G 80+34 | original hangar 7 |
| Country of Origin | Model | Location | Picture | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canadair CL-89 (AN/USD-501) | original hangar 7 | |||
| Canadair CL-289 (AN/USD-502) | original hangar 7 | |||
| Germany | Fritz X | original depot | ||
| Germany | Henschel Hs 293 A-1 | original hangar 3 | ||
| MGM-1 Matador | original open air (next to hangar 7) | |||
| MGM-31 Pershing | original open air (next to hangar 7) | |||
| TUCAN-95 | original hangar 7 | |||
| Germany | Rauchspurautomat 160, Schwarz-Propellerwerke Berlin | original depot | ||
| Q2 (FM) | original hangar 7 |
| Country of Origin | Model | Location | Picture | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 2-cm-Flak 38 | original depot | ||
| Rheinmetall Flak 20 mm Zwillig | original hangar 7 | |||
| ZU-23-2 | original depot | |||
| Bofors 40 mm gun | original hangar 7 | |||
| Germany | Flak 8,8 | original hangar 3 | ||
| Germany | 150 cm Flak-Scheinwerfer 34 | original hangar 3 | ||
| Nike Hercules | original open air | |||
| S-200 Vega | original open air | |||
| MIM-23 Hawk | original open air | |||
| loading vehicle XM 501 for Hawk | original hangar 3 | |||
| MIM-104 Patriot | original open air | |||
| S-75 Dvina | original open air | |||
| Petschora S-125M | original open air | |||
| Roland 2 | original open air (next to hangar 7) | |||
| Germany | Flakortungsgerät FuMG 65 Würzburg radar | original open air | ||
| radar ASR-910 | original open air | |||
| radar BWB 23342 ARTUS Type ME 0632 GxJ/2 | original open air | |||
| radar FPN-36 | original open air | |||
| NP 510 (UHF-tracking) | original open air (next to hangar 7) | |||
| radar PAR-C | original open air | |||
| KRTP-86 TAMARA | original open air | |||
| Westinghouse AN/TPS-43 | original open air | |||
| Ramona KRTP-81/81M | original open air | |||
| Ural-375A with secondary radar 1L22 Parol | original open air |
| Country of Origin | Model | Location | Picture | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAN 630 5t t-mil with portable tower | original open air (next to tower building) | |||
| mobile tower FSA-90 | original open air (next to tower building) | |||
| Clarktor CT 30 Pushback Tractor | original hangar 7 | |||
| DKW Munga 4 (Typ F91/4) | original hangar 7 | |||
| calibration laboratory trailer | original open air | |||
| Germany | NSU Kettenkraftrad HK 101 | original hangar 3 | ||
| Hercules K 125 BW | original hangar 7 | |||
| Magirus-Deutz tanking vehicle | original open air | |||
| MAN tanking vehicle | original open air | |||
| MJ1 VW bomb loading vehicle | original hangar 7 | |||
| Kleinkübelwagen P 601 A | original hangar 7 | |||
| Volkswagen 181 | original hangar 7 | |||
| Ural-4320 | original open air |
| Country of Origin | Model | Location | Picture | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | Oberursel U0 | hangar 3 | ||
| Clerget Humber BR-1 | hangar 3 (adjoining room) | |||
| Germany | BMW 801 D | hangar 3 | ||
| Germany | Daimler Benz DB 603 A | original unrestauriert depot | ||
| Germany | Daimler Benz DB 605 A | original hangar 3 (adjoining room) | ||
| Germany | Junkers Jumo 213 AG-1 | original hangar 3 | ||
| Germany | BMW 003 | hangar 3 (adjoining room) | ||
| Germany | Junkers Jumo 004 | original unrestauriert hangar 3 (adjoining room) | ||
| Germany | Walter HWK 109-500 | original hangar 3 (adjoining room) | ||
| Germany | Walter HWK 109-509A | original hangar 3 (adjoining room) | ||
| Allison J33 | original hangar 3 (adjoining room) | |||
| Armstrong Siddeley Double Mamba-ASMD-3 | original depot engine collection | |||
| Klimov RD-33 | original depot engine collection | |||
| Klimov TV3-117 | original depot engine collection | |||
| Klimov VK-1A | original hangar 3 (adjoining room) | |||
| General Electric J79-GE-11A | original depot engine collection | |||
| Lyulka AL-21 F3 | original depot engine collection | |||
| Turbo-Union RB199 | original depot engine collection |