Museum of Military Aviation (Athens)

Museum of Military Aviation (Greek Μουσείο Πολεμικής Αεροπορίας ) - aviation, military and technological museum of the Greek Air Force . The museum was established in July 1992 by a decision of the Supreme Aviation Council. Located on the territory of the former air base Dhekelia ( Tatoy ) ^[1] .

Museum of Military Aviation
Established
Location
Address	Greece , Athens

Hangar "Leros", which houses part of the exhibits of the Museum

Tiger Moth Airplane Exposure

Dodge WC 54 medical care car from the Museum car collection

The objective of the museum is to collect the storage and exposition of aviation relics, study and substantiate its history, and promote the aviation idea ^[2] . According to the classification of the International Council of Museums (ΙCOM), the Greek Museum of Military Aviation belongs to the category of historical and technological museums.

The museum is the first institution in Greece to rebuild historic aircraft . In 1996, a Bristol Blenheim Mk IV F plane was shot down from the seabed near the city of Rethymnon , shot down during the Battle of Crete . The plane was transported to the Museum. On October 3, 2003, the German Air Force lifted a downed Junkers Ju 52 from the seabed in the area of Leros .

Most of the museum’s aviation collection is located in the Leros hangar ^[3] . The hangar itself is a museum exhibit, since it was made by Italians in the interwar period on the island of Leros and was used by them as a base for hydroplanes before World War II . In the postwar years, two hangars were dismantled and transported to Tatoy and to the air base in the city of Eleusis ^[3] .