The complete history of the exhibited Bücker Bü 181 is not known. It is nearly certain that it flew with the Luftwaffe. In 1959 it was registered as D-ECYV. Before that it was flown in Saarland with the registration SL-AAS. The last owner was Hans Dittes, who made his final flight with the plane on August 24, 1997.

The Bestmann was not a regular in the Swiss air force, but no less than six Luftwaffe aircraft were interned and one Swiss-owned machine requisitioned during the war. The original A-251 was German factory call sign SJ-SS. This preserved aircraft is really a licence-built Swedish Bestmann.

This German-built Bestmann served with French aero clubs after the war as F-BBNA. It arrived at the museum in 1981.

[Nikon D300 + Tokina 12-24mm/4]

The Bücker Bü 181 was the standard Luftwaffe training plane for beginners, as side-by-side instruction in an enclosed cocpit is ideal, from 1940 until the end of WWII Around 3,400 were produced during the war and continued afterwards in Sweden, Czechoslovakia and Egypt. The complete history of this Bü-181 is not known, although it is nearly certain that it flew with the Luftwaffe. In 1959 It was flown in Saarland with the registration SL-AAS and then was registered as D-ECYV. Its final flight was on August 24, 1997 and is now on display at the Deutsches Museum - Flugwerft Schleissheim.

Bucker-built in 1942, ex D-EXWB

This 1939 built type was the basic trainer for the Luftwaffe. It is displayed in the Technical Museum in Berlin.

Ex Swedish Air Force Fv25145

This is ex F-BBNA

A Swedish-built Bestmann, painted as an aircraft of Luftwaffe flying school A/B 115 at Wels, Austria. Crashed at Dortmund as D-EXQE on 10 April 2011.

Wartime built Bestmann which served the Luftwaffe. SL-AAS (Saar) postwar.

to D-EQXE in September 2010