Type | Werk.Nr | Registration | History |
A-3 | 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 |
A-5 | 359 | DF+QS | E.K. Warnemünde. From 4th till 8th March, it tested ballcocks fitted with skates to be used on ice. On March 8th, its crew (Cdt Hans Fischer, pilot, and Lt Friedrich Echtenach, technician), got lost and landed at sea. A Swedish coastguard forced it to hydroplane up to Helsinborg harbor. On March 11th, a Swedish crew took it to Karlskrona where it was tested. Then it was given back to the Germans on April 28th at Malmö. |