Berlin - Luftwaffe Museum

I cycled from our campsite to the museum. It didn't look that far on the map but, including getting dramatically lost on my way back, I cycled some 40 miles.

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 Luftwaffe of the Bundeswehr. 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 like the Fokker E.III as reproductions, as well as World War II planes like 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.

The airfield was also used during the Berlin Airlift in 1948 - there were films of these activities  in the museum (in German but they were fascinating).

Here are some of the photos from my visit