Militärhistorisches Museum Flugplatz Berlin-Gatow
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Established | September 23, 1995 |
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Location | Berlin-Gatow, Germany |
Coordinates | 52°28′21″N 13°08′29″E / 52.472629°N 13.141431°E |
Type | Military Museum |
Owner | Bundeswehr |
Public transit access | bus 135, stops Seekorso or Kurpromenade, Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe |
Nearest car park | On site (no charge) |
Website |
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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 can shortly removed for restoration, repainting or lending to other museums.
Buildings
- Tower - exhibitions
- Hangar 1 - restoration
- Hangar 3 - exhibitions
- Hangar 5 - depot
- Hangar 6 - depot
- Hangar 7 - exhibitions
- Hangar 8 - depot
Large Exhibits
Airplanes up to 1945
in service | type | location | |
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Douglas DC-3 C47 20DK | original A65-69 from: Deutsches Technikmuseum Berlin next to Tower |
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Avro 504 K | Reproduction hangar 3 |
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Bücker Bü 181 | hangar 3 | ![]() |
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Casa 2.111 (Spanish licensing Heinkel He 111H) |
Conversion to He 111 | |
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DFS 230 | Reproduction hangar 3 |
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Farman III | Reproduction hangar 3 |
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Fieseler Fi-156 „Storch“ | Reproduction hangar 3 |
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Fokker D VII (F) | Reproduction hangar 3 |
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Fokker Dr I | Reproduction hangar 3 |
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Fokker E.III | Reproduction hangar 3 |
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Grunau Baby II | original hangar 3 |
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Junkers J 9 (DI) | Reproduction hangar 3 |
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Etrich-Rumpler „Taube“ | Reproduction hangar 3 |
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Messerschmitt Bf 108 „Taifun“ | wreck[1] | |
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Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-2 | Conversion of spanish HA-1112 hangar 3 |
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Messerschmitt Me 163 | original hangar 3 |
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DFS SG 38 Schulgleiter | original hangar 3 |
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Siebel Si 204 | original depot |
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Siemens-Schuckert D.III | Reproduction hangar 3 |
Airplanes of the NATO
Airplanes of the Warsaw Pact
in service | type / Kennung | location | |
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Antonov An-2 822 |
original depot |
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Antonov An-26 52+09, ex 369 |
original open air |
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Ilyushin Il-28 208 |
original open air |
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Yakovlev Yak-11 225 |
original hangar 3 |
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Yakovlev Yak-18 25 |
original depot |
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Let L-29 „Delfin“ 311 |
original open air |
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Let L-39V „Albatros“ 28–48, ex 170 |
original open air |
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Let L-410 UVP 53+10, ex 318 |
original open air |
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Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 bis 3905 |
original open air |
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Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17F 346 |
original open air |
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Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 PF |
original open air |
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Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 M 596 |
original open air |
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Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 UM 23–77, ex 256 |
original open air |
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Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 F-13 645 |
original open air |
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Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 BN 20–51, ex 710 |
original open air |
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Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 MF 20–02, ex 577 |
original open air |
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Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-29 G 29+03, ex 615 |
original hangar 7 |
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Sukhoi Su-22 M-4 25+44, ex 798 |
original open air |
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Zlín Z 43 D-ENVA, ex 17 |
original open air |
Helicopter
in service | type / Kennung | location | |
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Alouette II 76+03 |
original depot |
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Alouette II 75+46 |
original depot |
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Bell UH-1D „Huey“ 71+42 |
original hangar 7 |
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Bell UH-1D „Huey“ BGS D-HATE |
original open air |
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Boeing Vertol/Piasecki H-21 83+08 |
original hangar 3 |
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Bristol Type 171 Sycamore HR.52 78+04 |
original hangar 7 |
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MBB Bo-105 98+20 |
original open air |
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MBB Bo-105 | original hangar 7 |
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Mil Mi-2 94+63, ex 393 |
original open air |
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Mil Mi-4 A 565 |
original open air |
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Mil Mi-8 S 93+51, ex 914 |
original open air |
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Mil Mi-8 T 93+14, ex 927 |
original open air |
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Mil Mi-9 93+92, ex 411 |
original open air |
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Mil Mi-24 D 5211, ex 521 |
original open air |
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Mil Mi-24 P 96+43, ex 387 |
original open air |
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Saunders Roe „Skeeter“ | original hangar 3 |
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Sikorsky H-34G 80+34 |
original hangar 7 |
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Unmanned systems
in service | type | location | |
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Canadair CL-89 (AN/USD-501) | original hangar 7 |
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Canadair CL-289 (AN/USD-502) | original hangar 7 |
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Fritz X | original depot |
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Henschel Hs 293 A-1 | original hangar 3 |
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MGM-1 Matador | original open air (vor hangar 7) |
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MGM-31 Pershing | original open air (vor hangar 7) |
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TUCAN-95 | original hangar 7 |
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Rauchspurautomat 160, Schwarz-Propellerwerke Berlin | original depot |
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Q2 (FM) | original hangar 7 |
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Antiaircraft and radar systems
in service | type | location | |
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2-cm-Flak 38 | original depot |
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Rheinmetall Flak 20 mm Zwillig | original hangar 7 |
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ZU-23-2 | original depot |
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Bofors 40 mm gun | original hangar 7 |
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Flak 8,8 | original hangar 3 |
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150 cm Flak-Scheinwerfer 34 | original hangar 3 |
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Nike Hercules | original open air |
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S-200 Vega | original open air |
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MIM-23 Hawk | original open air |
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loading vehicle XM 501 for Hawk | original hangar 3 |
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MIM-104 Patriot | original open air |
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S-75 Dvina | original open air |
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Petschora S-125M | original open air |
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„Roland 2“ | original open air (vor hangar 7) |
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Flakortungsgerät FuMG 65 „Würzburg Riese“ |
original open air |
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radar ASR-910 | original open air |
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radar BWB 23342 ARTUS Type ME 0632 GxJ/2 | original open air |
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radar FPN-36 | original open air |
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NP 510 (UHF-tracking) | original open air (vor hangar 7) |
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radar PAR-C | original open air |
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KRTP-86 TAMARA | original open air |
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Westinghouse AN/TPS-43 | original open air |
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Ramona KRTP-81/81M | original open air |
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Ural-375D with secondary radar 1L22 Parol | original open air |
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Vehicles
in service | type | location | |
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MAN 630 5t t-mil with portable tower |
original open air (vor Towergebäude) |
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mobile tower FSA-90 | original open air (vor Towergebäude) |
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Clarktor CT 30 Pushback Tractor | original hangar 7 |
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DKW Munga 4 (Typ F91/4) | original hangar 7 |
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calibration laboratory trailer | original open air |
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NSU Kettenkraftrad HK 101 | original hangar 3 |
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Hercules K 125 BW | original hangar 7 |
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Magirus-Deutz tanking vehicle | original open air |
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MAN tanking vehicle | original open air |
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MJ1 VW bomb loading vehicle | original hangar 7 |
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Kleinkübelwagen P 601 A | original hangar 7 |
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Volkswagen 181 | original hangar 7 |
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Ural-375D | original open air |
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Engines
in service | type | location | |
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Oberursel U0 | hangar 3 | ![]() |
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Clerget Humber BR-1 | hangar 3 (adjoining room) | ![]() |
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BMW 801 D | hangar 3 | ![]() |
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Daimler Benz DB 603 A | original unrestauriert depot |
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Daimler Benz DB 605 A | original hangar 3 (adjoining room) |
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Junkers Jumo 213 AG-1 | original hangar 3 |
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BMW 003 | hangar 3 (adjoining room) | ![]() |
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Junkers Jumo 004 | original unrestauriert hangar 3 (adjoining room) |
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Walter HWK 109-500 | original hangar 3 (adjoining room) |
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Walter HWK 109-509A | original hangar 3 (adjoining room) |
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Allison J33 | original hangar 3 (adjoining room) |
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Armstrong Siddeley Double Mamba-ASMD-3 | original depot engine collection |
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Klimov RD-33 | original depot engine collection |
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Klimov TV3-117 | original depot engine collection |
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Klimov VK-1A | original hangar 3 (adjoining room) |
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General Electric J79-GE-11A | original depot engine collection |
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Lyulka AL-21 F3 | original depot engine collection |
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Turbo-Union RB199 | original depot engine collection |
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References
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Luftwaffenmuseum Berlin-Gatow. |
- MHM Flugplatz Berlin-Gatow
- Förderverein des Luftwaffenmuseums der Bundeswehr e.V.
- Luftwaffenmuseum der Bundeswehr Berlin-Gatow
- Picture gallery
- "Arbeitsgruppe historische Luftfahrttechnik Daedalus"
- Video montage of site aircraft
Coordinates: 52°28′23″N 13°08′41″E / 52.47306°N 13.14472°E