First flown in 1975 as D-HDFG. Tested by the German army as 9824, then reverted to D-HDFG as an orange Bundesgrenzschutz rescue helicopter. Withdrawn in 1999. Seen here at the Sable-Platz outside the Helicopter Museum in Bückeburg, wearing the town's coat of arms. Presumably removed in 2009 to make room for the museum's expansion, and then donated to the town by Eurocopter. Stored at ETHB until put on a pole on Steinberger Strasse, Bückeburg, in April 2017, still in these colours.

Experimental high-speed helicopter featuring the Derschmidt rotor, first flown in 1964.

Seconds from touch-down.

A bad museum in Oeynhausen. The MiG actually served in the East German air force.

On display in the rather cramped Helicopter Museum in Bückeburg town, without its tail.

No, it's not an Alouette but a rival German design, likewise powered by an Artouste turboshaft. Development was too slow, and the Alouette II won a fat German army order. This is the third and final SM-67, preserved in the Helicopter Museum, Bückeburg town.

Formerly DDR-SPL. Withdrawn from use in 1993 and preserved in the Helicopter Museum, Bückeburg old town.

The US Army got 792 TH-55A Osage training helicopters. This one is preserved in the Helicopter Museum in the old town of Bückeburg, Germany.

A beautiful aeroplane in the Laatzen museum, near Hanover. It was built by CKD in Prague during WWII . Fitted with skis in winter, Finnish Fw 44s remained in service many years thereafter.

On German military ambulance aircraft, red crosses replace the black ones.