Museums with Luftwaffe aircraft

[Richard T Eger]

T. C. Kenny has created a beautiful website entitled "The Flightline" WW II Aviation Archive. A number of museum photos are presented which should be of interest. The site address is:

http://www.kotfsc.com/aircraft/main.htm

Aircraft of Luftwaffe interest are covered in the following sections. Some photo labelling is incorrect, so be cautious. I've done the best I can to identify the aircraft as well as the museums some of the photos were taken at, but I certainly could be wrong in some of these.

Fighter Aircraft

The main page to this section has a beautiful color photo of two yellow nose Bf 109's in flying formation. Each aircraft covered has generally a lead color photo, technical specifications, background information, a list of variants, and a color profile. The aircraft covered are:

<U>Bf 109</U>
Bf 109 - lead color photo
Finnish Air Force Messerschmitt Bf 109G-6 (MT-507), Finnish AF Museum, Tikkakoski, Finland - 2 color photos
Spanish built HA-1112-M1L with a 1,400 hp (1044 kw) Rolls-Royce Merlin 500-45 engine, Confederate Air Force, Midland, Texas, USA - 1 color photo
Messerschmitt Bf 109G-2/trop "Gustav" on museum display, Luftfahrtmuseum, Laatzen, Hannover, Germany - 1 color photo
Messerschmitt Bf 109G-10 (black 2), USA, partially disassembled showing the fuselage - 1 color photo

<U>Bf 110</U>
Bf 110G-4/R-6, RAFM Hendon, England - lead color photo
A pair of Messerschmitt Bf 110Cs in flight - 1 wartime color photo

<U>Me 163 Komet "Comet"</U>
Me 163B-1a, National Aviation Museum, Ottawa, Canada - lead color photo

<U>Me 262 Schwalbe "Swallow"</U>
Me 262A, Planes of Fame, Chino, CA, USA - lead color photo

<U>Me 210/Me 410 Hornisse "Hornet"</U>
Me 410A-1, RAFM Cosford, England - lead color photo
The rear facing remote-controlled gun barbette on the Me 410A-1, RAFM Cosford, England - color photo

<U>Fw 190 A-Series "Wurger"</U>
Ground crews prepare a line up of Fw-190A's for flight - wartime color photo

<U>Fw 190 D-Series "Dora"</U>
Fw 190D-9, possibly the D-13 at Champlin Fighter Museum, Arizona, USA - lead color photo
A captured Fw-190D at an Allied airfield - apparently wartime color photo

<U>Fw 190 Late Series</U>
The cockpit of a Fw 190F-8 - color photo
A Focke-Wulf Fw 190F-8/U1 two seat trainer, RAFM Henden, England - color photo

<U>Ta 152</U>
The Focke-Wulf Ta 152 with a "tropical type" filter on the inlet of the carburetor - B&W photo

<U>Do 335 Pfeil "Arrow"</U>
Do-335A-02 Pfeil "Arrow", owned by NASM, USA - lead B&W photo
Do 335 Ejection Seat - B&W photo
Do 335 Cockpit Layout - color photo
Do335A-0 VP+GH (Wk Nr. 240102), owned by NASM, USA - color photo

<U>He 49 / He 51</U>

<U>He 162 Salamander</U>
He 162A-2 Salamander, National Aviation Museum, Ottawa, Canada - lead color photo

Bomber Aircraft

<U>Ar 234 Blitz "Lightning"</U>

<U>Do 17/Do 215</U>

<U>Do 217</U>
The Ruhrstahl SD 1400 X or Ruhrstahl/Kramer X-1 (Fritz X) Armour Piercing Anti-Shipping Guided missle, RAFM Cosford, England - color photo

<U>He 111</U>
CASA-2.111F, probably Confederate Air Force, Midland, Texas, USA - lead color photo

<U>He 177 Greif "Griffon"</U>
The Henschel 293 Anti-Shipping Guided Missle - B&W photo

<U>He 219 Uhu "Owl"</U>

<U>Junkers Ju 86</U>

<U>Ju 88/Ju 88 Mistel</U>
Junkers Ju 88A, RAFM Cosford, England - lead color photo
Junkers Ju 188 Mistel Composite - B&W photo

<U>Ju 188/Ju 288/Ju 388</U>
Junkers Ju 388L-0 Photoreconnaissance aircraft - B&W wartime photo

Attack Aircraft

<U>Ju 87 Stuka</U>
Ju 87G-2, RAFM Hendon, England - lead color photo

<U>Hs 123</U>

<U>Hs 129</U>

Military Ranks

Color charts of air force insignia are given for:

Germany
Japan
Italy
France
Soviet Union
Commonwealth
United State

Regards,
Richard

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