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Aircraft History Built by Arado Flugzeugwerke. At the factory painted with dark green upper surfaces and light blue lower surfaces. Delivered to the Kriegsmarine (German Navy) as Ar 196 A-5 werknummer 623 167 (623167). Wartime History Assigned to Prinz Eugen. The nose had the motif of a white seahorse silhouette inside a blue shield on each side of the nose. When Germany surrendered, this floatplane had only 14 hours of flight time. On May 7, 1945 surrendered aboard Prinz Eugen to the Royal Navy at Copenhagen. On December 13, 1945 the Prinz Eugen was commissioned into the U.S. Navy (USN) as unclassified miscellaneous vessel USS Prinz Eugen (USS IX 300). On January 13, 1946 departs Wesermünde bound for Boston arriving six days later then to Philadelphia for technical evaluation at the Naval Air Materiel Center. The catapult and two floatplanes were removed this aircraft and Ar 196 A-5 623 183. This Ar 196 was flight tested by the U.S. Navy for four hours. During the 1950s, both Ar 196s were displayed at NAS Willow Grove as part of the David Ascher collection. In 1961, transfered to the Smithsonian Institution. In 1971, loaned to the National Museum of Naval Aviation. In 1988 returned to National Air & Space Museum (NASM) and placed into storage at NASM Paul E. Garber Facility. NASM inventory number A19610128000. Over the years, the museum has considered restoring the Ar 196 but to date it remains unrestored in storage. References National Air & Space Museum - Arado Ar 196 A-5 HubPages - The Smithsonian’s Arado Ar-196 by Robert Sacchimar March 14, 2016 Contribute
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