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Title: Arado Ar 196 Units in Combat
Condition: New
Author: Peter de Jong
Illustrator: Janusz Swiatlon
Contributor: Janusz Swiatlon (Illustrated by)
Format: Paperback
Type: Paperback
ISBN-10: 1472844971
EAN: 9781472844972
ISBN: 9781472844972
Publisher: Osprey Publishing
Genre: History
Topic: Law & Politics
Release Date: 25/02/2021
Description: Beating its biplane rivals in a 1936 Reich Air Ministry design competition, the Arado Ar 196 provided the Kriegsmarine with possibly the best shipborne reconnaissance seaplane of World War II. Replacing the Heinkel He 60 biplane as the standard catapult-launched floatplane embarked on the Kriegsmarine’s capital ships, the Ar 196 flew an assortment of combat missions during World War II, including coastal patrol, submarine hunting, light bombing, general reconnaissance and convoy escort sorties. The first vessel to take its Ar 196A-1s to sea was the pocket battleship Graf Spee, which embarked two in the autumn of 1939. The battleships Bismarck and Tirpitz could carry six Arados each, the battlecruisers Gneisenau and Scharnhorst four and smaller pocket battleships and cruisers two. Shore-based aircraft were also operated from coastal ports on the Channel, Baltic, North Sea and Bay of Biscay coasts, as well as in the Balkans and Mediterranean. In this title, supported by an excellent selection of photographs and full-colour illustrations, Peter de Jong explores the history of the Arado Ar 196, detailing their development and assessing the combat capabilities of one of the last fighting seaplanes.
Language: English
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Item Height: 248mm
Item Length: 184mm
Book Series: Combat Aircraft
Release Year: 2021

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