Arado Ar196

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SE-AOU A-3 wrknr 1006 DH+ZF, SE-AOU, in Norway "1006", SE-AWY

4./Fl.Erg.Gr. (See) Kamp, was flying from Copenhagen to Bornholm on February 11, 1943, when it lost its way
due to the compass malfunction and entered Swedish air space near the Hano. Upon being fired by a Swedish
Navy patrol craft it had to ditch. The crew, Uffz. Ludwig Hammer and Lt. Helmut Abramowski were interned at first,
but after three days they were released and handed over to the Germans. The plane remained in Sweden, where
it was first tested by the F2 Squadron based in Hägenäs, and then sold to the Kontinentagentur AB company. It
was flown with the civilian registration SE-AOU., encouraged by John Turner, commander of the S.I.S. office (
Special Intelligence Service) who wanted to use it to transport agents. The war ending in May, Turner maked
repatriate the Arado by his Norwegian contact in Sweden, Halvor Bjørnebye, to avoid it to be sent in U.S.S.R.
After the war, in May 1945, the plane was flown to Norway and served in the 8801 RAF Wing, and already in June
1945 in Norwegian 330 Coastal Air Force Squadron in Stavanger Sola.
After being stricken from Norwegian Air Force it was privately owned. The plane had a complete overhaul and
was sold to Sweden. Between January 15 and August 19 it flew over 180 hours in the Ahrenbergsflyg AB as SE-
AWY, used for target towing. Crashed 19th of August 1947 south east of Karlskrona. The plane was not salvaged Aircraft template

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