{"id":9054,"date":"2016-11-26T17:03:45","date_gmt":"2016-11-26T15:03:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/?page_id=9054"},"modified":"2025-02-16T15:13:33","modified_gmt":"2025-02-16T13:13:33","slug":"south-african-national-museum-military-history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/south-african-national-museum-military-history\/","title":{"rendered":"South African National Museum of Military History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The <strong>South African National Museum of Military History<\/strong> is an impressive memorial to the past with its collection of World War 1 and 2 fighter planes \u2013 the first jet engine fighter plane, designed and manufactured by the Germans towards the end of World War 2. It was the first two-seater night fighter, called the Messerschmitt Me 262B-1a\/U1, the one the museum has is the only existing plane of its kind in the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>South African National Museum of Military History<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span class=\"section-info-text\">22 Erlswold Way<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Randburg<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2132<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/2015\/05\/08\/south-africa\/\">South Africa<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ditsong.org.za\/militaryhistory.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.ditsong.org.za\/militaryhistory.htm<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"mailto:milmus@ditsong.org.za\">milmus@ditsong.org.za<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>+27 010 001 3515<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Daily 07:30 &#8211; 16:00<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Closed Good Friday, Christmas Day and the first Sunday in September when the Jazz on the Lake concert is held at Zoo Lake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Admission fee<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gift shop<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/DITSONG-MUSEUMS-OF-SOUTH-AFRICA\/193425770741329\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment noopener wp-att-922\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"25\" height=\"25\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/facebook.jpg\" alt=\"facebook\" class=\"wp-image-922\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: 0;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/embed?pb=!1m14!1m8!1m3!1d229186.90729553835!2d27.906342690815613!3d-26.162649999999996!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x0%3A0xee322d30bce6f162!2sSouth+African+National+Museum+of+Military+History!5e0!3m2!1sen!2sus!4v1480172030450\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Aircraft collection<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/south-african-national-museum-military-history\/messerschmitt-me-262b-1a-u1\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9055\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"240\" height=\"132\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Messerschmitt-Me-262B-1a-U1.jpg\" alt=\"Messerschmitt Me 262B-1a\/U1 110305\/8, South African National Museum of Military History\" class=\"wp-image-9055\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Messerschmitt-Me-262B-1a-U1.jpg 240w, https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Messerschmitt-Me-262B-1a-U1-120x67.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td>990<p><\/p>\n<p>1045<\/p>\n<p>422<\/p>\n<p>813<\/p>\n<p>2005<\/p>\n<p>LR480<\/p>\n<p>6850\/KN231\/ZA<\/p>\n<p>550214\/PN+LU<\/p>\n<p>851<\/p>\n<p>5285<\/p>\n<p>2<\/p>\n<p>6<\/p>\n<p>110305\/8<\/p>\n<p>D6865<\/p>\n<p>630<\/p>\n<p>5501<\/p><\/td><td>Atlas C.4M Kudu<p><\/p>\n<p>Atlas-Aermacchi MB.326K Impala II<\/p>\n<p>Blackburn Buccaneer S.50<\/p>\n<p>Dassault Mirage IIICZ<\/p>\n<p>de Havilland DH.9<\/p>\n<p>de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito PR.IX<\/p>\n<p>Douglas C-47A Dakota IV<\/p>\n<p>Focke-Wulf&nbsp; 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