Air Force Museum Uetersen

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The Air Force Museum Uetersen was a museum near Uetersen , which was relocated to Berlin-Gatow in 1995 and from which the Air Force Museum of the Bundeswehr (renamed in 2011 to the Military History Museum of the Bundeswehr - Berlin-Gatow Airfield ) was created.

history

Heinkel He 111 , which in the service of the Spanish Air Force was
The Bf 109 of the Spanish Air Force is now in Berlin-Gatow
Hawker Sea Fury
Sikorsky S-61 Sea King
A North American AT-6 training machine, open day at Uetersen Airfield . Note the equipment with the still existing on-board machine guns.

Since numerous halls at the Uetersen airfield were empty after the Second World War, a museum began to be built in 1956 with a collection of old uniforms, awards and equipment from the old air force and the air force. In 1957 the first exhibition of the Air Force Museum was opened in an old sports hall. With the help of many members of the Air Force and those interested in aviation, the fund was constantly expanded. The Air Force Museum Uetersen Association was founded in 1963 to safeguard the collection . After 10 years of construction work, the focus was now on defense technology. Donations from the Spanish Air Force in 1968 brought the first two aircraft, a Bf 109 and a Heinkel He 111 to the outdoor area. Soon after, more aircraft and followed missiles of the Bundeswehr . In 1972 the museum was relocated to two large aircraft hangars on the occasion of the Olympic Games in Kiel . The exhibition in Hall A showed the technical progress from Otto Lilienthal's air glider from 1891 to the Hawker Sea Fury from 1945. In the other rooms, an overview of weapons and aircraft was shown. Foreign and German aircraft, helicopters and engines were exhibited in Hall B. In 1995 the museum was moved to Berlin-Gatow, where the new Air Force Museum was built. In a large-scale operation that lasted almost a year, the museum was relocated. 85 technicians and soldiers spent a total of 13,240 hours dismantling the aircraft and packing the material. The 3,030 tons of material were transported to Berlin with 553 truckloads. 58 aircraft that could not be further dismantled were flown to the new location by helicopters.

literature

  • Lothar Mosler : Uetersen focus. History and Stories 1234 to 1984 . Heydorn, Uetersen / Holstein 1985.
  • Air Force Museum Uetersen . Museum guide, special edition for the 20th anniversary of the museum in 1977

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Coordinates: 53 ° 39 ′ 8.76 "  N , 9 ° 42 ′ 42.12"  E