The museum
The Luftfahrtmuseum Wernigerode houses a large multi-hangar collection covering German aviation pioneers, helicopters, transports and modern jets. The roof-mounted Transall aircraft has become a signature exhibit visible beyond the museum itself.
The Luftfahrtmuseum Wernigerode houses a large multi-hangar collection covering German aviation pioneers, helicopters, transports and modern jets. The roof-mounted Transall aircraft has become a signature exhibit visible beyond the museum itself.
Aircraft and collections: German aviation history, Cold War jets, helicopter development and transports. The museum reports 50 original aircraft and helicopters in four hangars. The 2024 large-exhibit inventory also includes full-size recreations and cockpit sections; these are identified separately.
The entries below are selected source-attributed airframes and artifacts, not a promise that every item is accessible on the date of a visit. Collection holdings, restoration projects, replicas, partial airframes and public displays are distinguished where the institution provides sufficient evidence. Please check visitor arrangements directly with the museum.
What defines the collection
German aviation history, Cold War jets, helicopter development and transports
What to expect
The museum reports 50 original aircraft and helicopters in four hangars. The 2024 large-exhibit inventory also includes full-size recreations and cockpit sections; these are identified separately.
What the museum holds
50 original aircraft and helicopters (museum visitor site)
The inventory below separates what the museum or its sources say the institution holds from the smaller set of aircraft histories already connected to the Air Archive.
- Nieuport 11Unknown
- Breguet Atlantic cockpitOn Display
- Jatho Motorflugzeug recreationOn Display
- Lilienthal Normalsegelapparat recreationOn Display
- Sikorsky CH-53 cockpitOn Display
- Transall C-160 Silberne GamsOn Display
- Agusta Bell 47 G2Unknown
- Albatros B.IIUnknown
- Antonov An-2Unknown
- Aérospatiale Alouette IIUnknown
- Aérospatiale Alouette IIIUnknown
- Bell UH-1DUnknown
- Bölkow Bo 102Unknown
- Bölkow Bo 105Unknown
Open full museum-listed inventory (25 entries)
| Aircraft | Status | Identity |
|---|---|---|
| Breguet Atlantic cockpit | On Display | — |
| Jatho Motorflugzeug recreation | On Display | — |
| Lilienthal Normalsegelapparat recreation | On Display | — |
| Sikorsky CH-53 cockpit | On Display | — |
| Transall C-160 Silberne Gams | On Display | — |
| Agusta Bell 47 G2 | Unknown | — |
| Albatros B.II | Unknown | — |
| Antonov An-2 | Unknown | — |
| Aérospatiale Alouette II | Unknown | — |
| Aérospatiale Alouette III | Unknown | — |
| Bell UH-1D | Unknown | — |
| Bölkow Bo 102 | Unknown | — |
| Bölkow Bo 105 | Unknown | — |
| Bücker Bü 131 Jungmann | Unknown | — |
| Hughes 269A | Unknown | — |
| Junkers Ju 52/3m | Unknown | — |
| Let Ae-45S Super Aero | Unknown | — |
| Let Z-37 Čmelák | Unknown | — |
| Messerschmitt Me 208 / Nord 1101 | Unknown | — |
| Mil Mi-2 | Unknown | — |
| Nieuport 11 Nieuport 11 | Unknown | — |
| Platzer Kiebitz | Unknown | — |
| Revolution Mini-500 | Unknown | — |
| Scheibe L-Spatz 55 | Unknown | — |
| Westland Whirlwind HAR.10 | Unknown | — |
Aircraft histories connected to this museum
These links connect museum holdings to aircraft histories already in the Trackpads Air Archive. They are not intended to imply that every museum aircraft has a dedicated archive profile yet.