[1] in 1960 a design by Architect Ernst Zinsser was chosen and the ceremonial laying of the foundation stone was done on 24 September 1961.

The memorial was then inaugurated the next year on 18 November 1962 in a ceremony attended by then Inspector of the Air Force Generalleutnant Werner Panitzki and with speeches given by the first Inspector of the Air Force General Josef Kammhuber and Cardinal Julius Döpfner.

After the closure of the near by Fürstenfeldbruck Air Base in 2011 an agreement was struck with the town for the permanent preservation of the memorial as a historical site.

In 2021 Inspector of the Air Force General Ingo Gerhartz announced his intention to build a new memorial near Roth, Bavaria where the Air Force's Officer School is being relocated to from its present location in Fürstenfeldbruck near the current memorial.

This was after an initiative by local city councilors concerned that with the closure of the Fürstenfeldbruck Air Base and the departure of a large air force presence from the town that local authorities would struggle with the considerable upkeep cost without state or federal government support.