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Aircraft History Built by Arado Flugzeugwerke and assembled by Fokker in Amsterdam during 1944. 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 623 183 (623 183). Wartime History Assigned to Prinz Eugen. 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-5 623 167. It is unknown if this Ar 196 was flight tested by the U.S. Navy. Later, painted in the bogus markings of Ar 196 Werknummer 68967 code GA+DX. During the 1950s, both Ar 196s were displayed at NAS Willow Grove as part of the David Ascher collection. Later, transfered to the National Museum of Naval Aviation (NMNA) / National Naval Aviation Museum (NNAM) and placed into storage in pieces. During 2012, the floatplane was loaned to the Germany Navy then shipped to Germany arriving in December 2012. In August 2013, unveiled at a flight day of the Aeronauticum (German Airship and Naval Aviation Museum) at adjacent Nordholz Naval Airbase. To display and restore the floatplane, the museum set up an extra hall loan to the Marinefliegergeschwader 3 (Naval aviation squadron 3) based at Nordholz Naval Airbase. The Ar 196 will be restored using volunteers and former aircraft mechanics. References National Air & Space Museum - Arado Ar 196 A-5 WELT Nach 68 Jahren- Kriegsflugzeug kehrt nach Deutschland zurück / After 68 years: War plane returns to Germany" June 12, 2013 Contribute
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