Flugausstellung Museum Hermeskeil, Germany May, 2026

Not much I want to say about this large museum with a collection of over 100 aircraft. Some aircraft are protected inside, while many more are scattered across a large grass field. The photographs really tell you what there is and where everything is located. Well, almost everything. Five or ten minutes after driving away and looking back across the landscape from two or three miles away, I realised I had missed some aircraft. I could see the museum in the distance, but there were two helicopters hidden behind a hedge, completely out of sight when walking around the museum grounds. I turned around, waved my entrance ticket at the gate and was soon back inside. It took a while to work out which hedge to investigate, but I eventually found the two helicopters, along with another two aircraft hidden in the same hedge. The photographs of these nearly missed discoveries are at the bottom of the page.

Left to right: Ilyushin Il-14 VEB-14P (3076) ex Polish Air Force (Sily Powietrzne). Nord Noratlas N.2501D (52+56 registered D-ACUT) ex West German Air Force.

Left to right: Lockheed L-1049G Super Constellation (D-ALIN). Delivered to Lufthansa in 1955, this Super Constellation served the airline for 12 years before being retired on July 10, 1967. Ilyushin Il-18V (DDR-STH). First shown at Hamburg Airport, it moved to there in 1980.

Left to right: Vickers 814 Viscount (D-ANAM). It was withdrawn from commercial service by Lufthansa in July 1970 and initially used for apprentice engineering training in Hamburg. de Havilland Comet C.4 (XR398 registered G-BDIW) ex RAF and later with Dan-Air who operated the world's final commercial passenger flight of a de Havilland Comet on November 9, 1980.

Left to right: Tupolev Tu-134 (DDR-SCK) formerly operated by Interflug, the state airline of East Germany. Vickers VC-10 (G-ARVF) wearing United Arab Emirates Government (Presidential Flight) markings. The jet was donated to the German aviation museum in 1981 after serving VIP or government transport roles for the United Arab Emirates. Antonov An-26T (52+08, 368). A twin-turboprop tactical transport plane that originally served in the East German Air Force (Luftstreitkräfte der NVA) before German reunification.

Left to right: Douglas C-47A Skytrain (42-100997, RJAF 111) ex USAAF, ex Royal Jordanian Air Force.

Left to right: Percival Pembroke C.54 (54+21) ex West German Air Force. Percival Pembroke C.54 (54+24) ex West German Air Force.

de Havilland Sea Devon C.20 (XJ348 '37') ex Royal Navy.

Left to right: Dornier Do-28D-1 Skyservant (D-IFMP). Scottish Aviation Jetstream T.2 (XX476 'CU-561') ex Royal Navy.

McDonnell-Douglas RF-4C Phantom (68-0587 'SW') ex USAF.

Left to right: McDonnell-Douglas F-4C Phantom (63-7421 'SA') ex USAF. McDonnell-Douglas F-4C Phantom (63-7583) ex USAF.

Republic RF-84F Thunderflash (EB+341 marked EA+241') ex West German Air Force.

Left to right: Republic F-84F Thunderstreak (BF+105) ex West German Air Force. Canadair Sabre Mk.6 (JC+101) ex West German Air Force.

Left to right: Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23ML (20+19, 343) ex German Air Force, NVA (Nationale Volksarmee or National People's Army). Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23MF 'Flogger B' (20+01, 568) ex German Air Force, ex NVA.

Left to right: Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21bis (24+24, 853) ex German Air Force, ex NVA. Sukhoi Su-7BM (5309 'Red 09') ex Polish Air Force (Sily Powietrzne).

Left to right: PZL Lim-5 (413) ex Polish Air Force (Sily Powietrzne). Sukhoi Su-22M-4K (25+16, 678) ex German Air Force, ex NVA.

Left to right: Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21MF (23+44, 775) ex German Air Force, ex NVA. Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21US (24+08, 238) ex German Air Force, ex NVA. Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21F-13 (1217) ex Polish Air Force (Sily Powietrzne).

Left to right: Dassault Super Mystere B2 (173 '12-YP') ex Armee de l'Air (French Air Force). Dassault Mirage 5BA (BA-35 '13-PL' '53') ex Belgian Air Force. Dassault Mirage IIIR (310 '33-TN', '304', ex Armee de l'Air (French Air Force).

Left to right: Saab S35E Draken (35931 '60') ex Swedish Air Force, F21 markings. Saab Viggen AJSF37 (37974 '64') ex Swedish Air Force, F21 markings.

Left to right: Fairey Gannet AEW.3 (XL450 'R-042') ex 849 NAS Royal Navy. English Electric Canberra B(I) 8 (XM264) ex 16 Squadron RAF.

Left to right: Convair F-102A Delta Dagger (56-1125 marked 61125) ex Hellenic Air Force, wears USAF marks. Republic F-105F Thunderchief (62-4417) ex USAF.

Left to right: Lockheed F-104G Starfighter (FX-60 tail from FX-65) ex Belgian Air Force. Lockheed F-104G Starfighter (20+43) ex West German Air Force. Lockheed T-33A Shooting Star (95+17, '393') ex West German Air Force, painted in RCAF markings.

Left to right: Hawker Sea Hawk FGA.6 (XE327 'LH-644') ex Royal Navy. Hawker Hunter F.6A (XF418) 92 Squadron RAF special markings. English Electric Lightning F.2A (XN782 'H') ex 92 Squadron RAF.

Left to right: Panavia Tornado (XX948 c/n P.06) is the sixth Tornado prototype. SEPECAT Jaguar GR.1A (XX955 'GK' 'EJ') ex 54 Squadron RAF. Hawker Sidderley Harrier GR.3 (XZ998 'V') ex 4 Squadron RAF.

Left to right: Fiat G-91R/3 (31+70) ex West German Air Force. Piaggio P.149D (91+90) ex West German Air Force.

Left to right: Fouga CM-170R Magister (410, composite of MT-43 marked 'MT-31') ex AdlA. Zlín Z-37A Cmelák (D-ESSJ).

Left to right: CASA 2-111D (BR.2I-14 'G1+FL') ex Ejército del Aire (EdA - Spanish Air Force).

Left to right: Mil Mi-14PL (95+02, 618) ex German Air Force, ex NVA. Mil Mi-4 (2139) ex Czech Air Force.

Left to right: Mil Mi-6A (715309 registered RA-21133). Mil Mi-8T (94+20, 909) ex German Air Force, ex NVA. Mil Mi-24P (96+50, 480) ex German Air Force, ex NVA.

Left to right: Westland Wessex HC.2 (XR527 'K') ex 72 Squadron RAF. Westland Lynx AH.7 (XZ221 'Z').

North American F-100F Super Sabre (56-4014 marked '63944') ex USAF.

Left to right: de Havilland Venom Mk.4 (J-1797) ex Swiss Air Force. Lockheed RF-104G Starfighter (24+91) ex West German Air Force. Dornier Do.27A-1 (56+53 registered D-EFSV) ex West German Air Force. CASA 352L (T.2B-127 registered D-CIAD) ex Ejército del Aire (EdA, Spanish Air Force).

Kamov Ka-26 "Hoodlum" (D-HZPS) German "Polizei".

Left to right: Stearman PT-18 Kaydet (40-1964 registered N56786) ex USAAC. Nord 1002 Pingouin II (91 marked 'KG+EM' registered D-ENHO) ex Armee de l'Air (French Air Force). North American AT-6F Texan (44-81778 registered D-FDEM) ex USAAF.

Left to right: Hütter H-17B(D-8045). DYLAS experimental motor glider ('D-YLAS') Dynamische Laser-Scan (Dynamic Laser Scan) built in 1969. Antonov An-2T (16247310 '10 white' marked 'HA-ANA') ex Hungarian Air Force

Left to right: Westland Whirlwind HAR.10 (XP352, 8701M marked 'XD186') ex 22 Squadron RAF. Westland Wessex HC.2 (XT670) ex SARTU RAF. Westland Wasp HAS.1 (XS569 '636') ex Royal Navy.

Left to right: EKW C.3605 (C-541) 41, ex Swiss Air Force. Hawker Hunter F.58 (J-4098) ex Swiss Air Force. Sud Alouette III (V-248) ex Swiss Air Force.

Left to right: PZL SBLim-2M (301) ex Polish Air Force. PZL SM-1 (31) ex Hungarian Air Force. Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23BN (20+46, 698) ex German Air Force, ex NVA.

Left to right: North American Rockwell OV-10B Bronco (99+16) ex West German Air Force. Aero Albatros L-39ZO (28+30, 180) ex German Air Force, ex NVA. Dassault-Dornier Alpha Jet (40+61) ex West German Air Force.

Left to right: Bolkow Bo.105P (87+08) ex Heer (German Army). Sud Aviation Alouette II (76+85 registered D-HBUR) ex Heer (German Army). Bell UH-1D Iroquois (72+31 registered D-HBZV) ex Heer (German Army). Mil Mi-2F (504 registered D-HZPQ) ex NVA.

Left to right: Westland Scout AH.1 (XR597). Lockheed F-104G Starfighter (26+61) ex West German Navy.

Behind the hedge and over the fence.

Left to right: Mil Mi-9A (93+95, 402) ex German Air Force, ex NVA. This is a specialised airborne command post and radio relay variant derived from the Mil Mi-8 transport helicopter frame. Vertol H-21C Shawnee (83+21). Also known as the Piasecki H-21 or "Flying Banana". It served with the German Army Aviation Corps (Heer). West Germany acquired 32 H-21C helicopters in the late 1950s, which were assembled by Weser Flugzeugbau.

Left to right: Hunting Jet Provost T.4 (XR670). Westland Whirlwind HAR.10 (XD186) ex 22 Squadron RAF. Republic F-84F Thunderstreak (52-6778, DD+380) ex West German Air Force. Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21SPS (22+36, 889) ex German Air Force, ex NVA.