Berlin: The Luftwaffe Historical Museum by Andrea Ronchini
The Luftwaffe Historical Museum is located in Berlin, on the surface of the former military airport of Gatow.
The airport was built in 1934-35 and was originally designed as an academy for Hitler's Luftwaffe officers. Berlin-Gatow was one of the four training airports in Nazi Germany. At the end of World War II the complex was initially occupied by the Red Army. When Berlin was divided into four parts, Gatow was part of the English sector, and then became an RAF airport from July 1945, playing a key role during the airlift to Berlin in 1948-49, when the Allies supported supplies to Berlin for over a year. gatow was Berlin's second allied airport, after Tempelhof. In the following decade the air base was used by the British Army Air Corps and was the gateway to Berlin for military and political authorities. On June 18, 1994 the Union Jack was lowered, the Allies left Berlin reunited, and the airport was taken over again by the Luftwaffe from September 7, 1994. The infrastructure south of the airport has become a barracks dedicated to General Steinhoff. The hangars, the control tower and most of the runways are now occupied by the Luftwaffe Historical Museum. More than 115 aircraft are on display in the hangars and on the runway, covering the period from the Weimar Republic to the present day, with several interesting aircraft from both the Second World War and the German Democratic Republic periods.Visitors have free access. on July 18, 2019 in Berl
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