Militärhistorisches Museum Flugplatz Berlin-Gatow


The Militärhistorisches Museum der Bundeswehr – Flugplatz Berlin-Gatow, 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 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 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 can shortly removed for restoration, repainting or lending to other museums.

History

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.

Buildings

Collection

Airplanes up to 1945

Country of OriginModel / NicknameLocationPicture
Douglas C-47original A65-69
from:
Deutsches Technikmuseum Berlin next to Tower
Avro 504KReproduction
hangar 3
Bücker Bü 181hangar 3
CASA 2.111
DFS 230Reproduction
hangar 3
Farman IIIReproduction
hangar 3
Fieseler Fi 156 StorchReproduction
hangar 3
Fokker D VII Reproduction
hangar 3
Fokker Dr.IReproduction
hangar 3
Fokker E.IIIReproduction
hangar 3
Grunau Baby IIoriginal
hangar 3
Junkers J 9 Reproduction
hangar 3
Etrich-Rumpler TaubeReproduction
hangar 3
Messerschmitt Bf 108 Taifunwreck
Hispano Aviación HA-1112hangar 3
Messerschmitt Me 163original
hangar 3
DFS SG 38 Schulgleiteroriginal
hangar 3
Siebel Si 204original
depot
Siemens-Schuckert D.IIIReproduction
hangar 3

NATO Airplanes

Country of OriginModel / NicknameLocationPicture
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
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
014		original
hangar 7
Gloster Meteor NF.11original
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
Lockheed TF-104G Starfighter
27+90		original
open air
Lockheed TF-104G Starfighter
29+06		original
hangar 7
Lockheed T-33A
9455		original
open air
Cessna T-37original
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
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
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

Warsaw Pact Airplanes

Country of OriginModel / NicknameLocationPicture
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-17PForiginal
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

Helicopters

Country of OriginModel / NicknameLocationPicture
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-105original
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 Skeeteroriginal
hangar 3
Sikorsky H-34G
80+34		original
hangar 7

Unmanned systems

Country of OriginModelLocationPicture
Canadair CL-89 original
hangar 7
Canadair CL-289 original
hangar 7
Fritz Xoriginal
depot
Henschel Hs 293 A-1original
hangar 3

MGM-1 Matadororiginal
open air
MGM-31 Pershingoriginal
open air
TUCAN-95original
hangar 7
Rauchspurautomat 160, Schwarz-Propellerwerke Berlinoriginal
depot
Q2 original
hangar 7

Antiaircraft and radar systems

Country of OriginModelLocationPicture
2-cm-Flak 38original
depot
Rheinmetall Flak 20 mm Zwilligoriginal
hangar 7
ZU-23-2original
depot
Bofors 40 mm gunoriginal
hangar 7
Flak 8,8original
hangar 3
150 cm Flak-Scheinwerfer 34original
hangar 3
Nike Herculesoriginal
open air
S-200 Vegaoriginal
open air
MIM-23 Hawkoriginal
open air
loading vehicle XM 501 for Hawkoriginal
hangar 3
MIM-104 Patriotoriginal
open air
S-75 Dvinaoriginal
open air
Petschora S-125Moriginal
open air
Roland 2original
open air
Flakortungsgerät FuMG 65
Würzburg radar		original
open air
radar ASR-910original
open air
radar BWB 23342 ARTUS Type ME 0632 GxJ/2original
open air
radar FPN-36original
open air
NP 510 original
open air
radar PAR-Coriginal
open air
KRTP-86 TAMARAoriginal
open air
Westinghouse AN/TPS-43original
open air
Ramona KRTP-81/81Moriginal
open air
Ural-375D with secondary radar 1L22 Paroloriginal
open air

Vehicles

Country of OriginModelLocationPicture
MAN 630 5t t-mil with
portable tower		original
open air
mobile tower FSA-90original
open air
Clarktor CT 30 Pushback Tractororiginal
hangar 7
DKW Munga 4 original
hangar 7
calibration laboratory traileroriginal
open air
NSU Kettenkraftrad HK 101original
hangar 3
Hercules K 125 BWoriginal
hangar 7
Magirus-Deutz tanking vehicleoriginal
open air
MAN tanking vehicleoriginal
open air
MJ1 VW bomb loading vehicleoriginal
hangar 7
Kleinkübelwagen P 601 Aoriginal
hangar 7
Volkswagen 181original
hangar 7
Ural-375Doriginal
open air

Engines

Country of OriginModelLocationPicture
Oberursel U0hangar 3
Clerget Humber BR-1hangar 3
BMW 801 Dhangar 3
Daimler Benz DB 603 Aoriginal unrestauriert
depot
Daimler Benz DB 605 Aoriginal
hangar 3
Junkers Jumo 213 AG-1original
hangar 3
BMW 003hangar 3
Junkers Jumo 004original unrestauriert
hangar 3
Walter HWK 109-500original
hangar 3
Walter HWK 109-509Aoriginal
hangar 3
Allison J33original
hangar 3
Armstrong Siddeley Double Mamba-ASMD-3original
depot engine collection
Klimov RD-33original
depot engine collection
Klimov TV3-117original
depot engine collection
Klimov VK-1Aoriginal
hangar 3
General Electric J79-GE-11Aoriginal
depot engine collection
Lyulka AL-21 F3original
depot engine collection
Turbo-Union RB199original
depot engine collection