Fliegerhorstmuseum Leipheim

Fliegerhorstmuseum Leipheim

Germany

www.fliegerhorstmuseum-leipheim.de

infofhml@gmail.com

+49 172 880 93 63

April – November

  • Sunday 14:00 – 17:00

Free admission

Aircraft collection

Bell UH-1D Iroquois 71+09 German Army Air Force, Fliegerhorstmuseum Leipheim, Germany

71+09

40+12

D-IFZO

31+38

AA+152

80+65

97+07/D-EFYL

D-0515

76+89

Bell UH-1D Iroquois

Dornier Alpha Jet

Dornier Do28D-1 Skyservant

Fiat G91/R3

Fouga CM170 Magister

MBB Bölkow Bo105M

Messerschmitt Bf 109G6

Putzer Elster B

Schleicher ASK 13

Sud Aviation Alouette 2

Dornier Alpha Jet A 40+12 German Air Force, Fliegerhorstmuseum Leipheim, Germany Dornier Do28D-1 Skyservant D-IFZO DFVLR, Fliegerhorstmuseum Leipheim, Germany

Fiat G91/R3 31+38 German Air Force, Fliegerhorstmuseum Leipheim, Germany Fiat G91/R3 31+38 German Air Force, Fliegerhorstmuseum Leipheim, Germany

Fouga CM170 Magister AA+152 German Air Force, Fliegerhorstmuseum Leipheim, Germany Llilienthal glider, Fliegerhorstmuseum Leipheim, Germany | Rob Vogelaar

Putzer Elster B 97+07/D-EFYL, Fliegerhorstmuseum Leipheim, Germany Schleicher ASK 13 D-0515, Fliegerhorstmuseum Leipheim, Germany

Aircraft Leipheim Luftwaffe, Fliegerhorstmuseum Leipheim, Germany Avco Lycoming TIGO-540 A1E turbocharged engine, Fliegerhorstmuseum Leipheim, Germany | Rob Vogelaar

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Hanomag A-L28 geschlossenen Kofferaufbauten als Funk-, Befehls-, Geräte- oder Mannschaftswagen, Fliegerhorstmuseum Leipheim, Germany Hanomag A-L28 geschlossenen Kofferaufbauten als Funk-, Befehls-, Geräte- oder Mannschaftswagen, Fliegerhorstmuseum Leipheim, Germany

Hawk missile, Fliegerhorstmuseum Leipheim, Germany Krupp, Rheinmetall 8.8 cm Flak 36, Fliegerhorstmuseum Leipheim, Germany

Siemens & Halske A.G. 150 cm Flakscheinwerfer 34, Fliegerhorstmuseum Leipheim, Germany MAN 630 L2 - Flugsicherungsanlage FSA-70 Mobile Tower, Fliegerhorstmuseum Leipheim, Germany

MAN 630 L2 - Flugsicherungsanlage FSA-70, Fliegerhorstmuseum Leipheim, Germany LKG 44 Fiat G91, Fliegerhorstmuseum Leipheim, Germany

Messerschmitt Me 262 first flight Leipheim, Fliegerhorstmuseum Leipheim, Germany Packard V-1650-7 ( Merlin license), Fliegerhorstmuseum Leipheim, Germany

Packard V-1650-7 ( Merlin license), Fliegerhorstmuseum Leipheim, Germany Pratt & Whitney R-1830 Twin Wasp, Fliegerhorstmuseum Leipheim, Germany

Pulverlöscheräteanhänger P250, Fliegerhorstmuseum Leipheim, Germany SNECMA Turbomeca Larzac 04-C5 turbofan, Fliegerhorstmuseum Leipheim, Germany

Unseren Toten, Fliegerhorstmuseum Leipheim, Germany Willys CJ3A/M38, Fliegerhorstmuseum Leipheim, Germany

The Fliegerhorstmuseum Leipheim tells the story from the construction of the Leipheim airbase began on 1 April 1936. Just a year later the first aircraft were transferred to the airfield. In the years 1939 and 1940 the II. Group of Fighter Wing 51 and parts of Fighter Wing 55 were stationed there in 1939 and 1940. At the same time, a Messerschmitt AG aircraft hangar was built on the site.

The maiden flight of the Me 262, the first serially produced jet aircraft, took place here on 18 July 1942.

The Me 321, the largest manned cargo glider ever designed, and the motorised version, the Me 323 large transporter, were also built there.

After the end of the Second World War, a camp for “displaced persons” was set up on the Leipheim site in 1945. The camp, which housed up to 3,150 people, was closed down in June 1950.

From 1957, the airfield was used for aviation again, initially for a short time as Leipheim Air Base by the U.S. Air Force and from 1959 as an air base by the air force of the new German Federal Armed Forces.

Leipheim became the site of the Technical Lock 31, whose tasks included the takeover of the newly ordered Alpha Jet, the first of which arrived in 1979.

From 1980 until 1992 the site next to it served as a Forward Operating Location (FOL) for Fairchild A-10A Thunderbolt II of the 81st Tactical Fighter Wing of USAFE, which was stationed at RAF Bentwaters (England).

The German Air Force maintained an anti-aircraft missile regiment at the airfield.

Military air operations ended in 1994 and the anti-aircraft missiles were withdrawn a decade later. In 2008, military use ended.

Photos Rob Vogelaar