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Arado Ar196 Floatplane.

Hi All
I’ve been doing a bit of research about Arado AR196 floatplanes and I wondered is there one preserved anywhere in the World?
Also I believe an Arado 196 operated from the pocket battleship Graf Spee in 1939 that was coded AR+AH and this aircraft may have at some point have carried British style roundels under the wings.
Presumably to deceive neutral shipping.
Has anyone ever seen a picture of this aircraft or is there a book out there that it might be worth me picking up?
Thanks in advance
Andy
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By: Mike - 28th April 2004 at 14:43

Oh, to see one fly!

The surviving US airframe’s been through some colour schemes…

I’ll go along with that sentiment. I’d love to see one in the air

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By: JDK - 27th April 2004 at 16:37

Oh, to see one fly!

The surviving US airframe’s been through some colour schemes…

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By: Arthur - 24th April 2004 at 21:49

Bulgaria’s definately worth it, and the Plovdiv museum is very nice. If it’s cold enough, the curator will be happy to open up his bottle of raki for you up in his office… well, he did that when i was there freezing my protruding body parts off in 1996 🙂

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By: Andy in Beds - 24th April 2004 at 21:12

Thanks Gents…

Thank you Gentlemen.
Looks like a holiday in Bulgaria next year.
Great Graf Spee website too.
All the best
Andy:)

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By: Flood - 24th April 2004 at 20:58

Try this one:-
http://b4.ezboard.com/fluftwaffeexperten71774frm82.showMessage?topicID=21.topic

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By: Arthur - 24th April 2004 at 18:50

I know of one surviving here in Europe, a Bulgarian one at the Plovdiv-Krumovo museum. According to http://www.preservedaxisaircraft.com/Luftwaffe/arado/arado.htm there are two more complete aircraft in the US, and a piece of framework in Norway.

Only pic of one of Graf Spee’s Arados i could find was this one, but that’s only from a quick google search which led to www.grafspee.com .
http://www.grafspee.com/images/10.jpg

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By: macky42 - 24th April 2004 at 18:47

According to this link, there’s 3 left:

http://www.ww2.dk/misc/ar196.htm

I remember seeing some olds pics of the Willow Grove one, I think it used to operate from the Prinz Eugen.

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