Ar 196A-5 aircraft in flight, circa late 1940s

Caption     Ar 196A-5 aircraft in flight, circa late 1940s ww2dbase
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Added By C. Peter Chen
Licensing  This anonymous work originating in the European Union is in the public domain. Its copyright expired 70 years after the work was made available to the public.

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1. Commenter identity confirmed BILL says:
24 Mar 2009 10:15:43 AM

Arado Ar 196A-2 Deliveries started in November 1939. Bordfliegerstaffel 1./196 and 5./196 were the two units responsible for providing aircraft for naval vessels. The aircraft were deployed aboard major surface ships of the Kriegsmarine. Among the ships to receive the Ar 196's were Admiral Graf Spee, Scharnhorst, Gneisenau, Lutzow, Admiral Scheer and Prinz Eugen.
2. Commenter identity confirmed Bill says:
28 Oct 2016 02:22:27 PM

FACTORY CODE:

Arado Ar.196 code (GA+DX) W.Nr.0124, was used to make factory and propaganda photographs, the code was never used
any Bordfliegerstaffel.

After WWII captured examples were tested by the Allies, Bulgaria continued to operate the Ar.196 until retired in 1955. The USSR operated an Ar.196 for border patrols.
File photograph that shows an Ar.196 being off loaded from the German cruiser Prinz Eugen post-war the markings are bogus.

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