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Originally Posted by edNorth
Did any Atlantic raider (1939/1940) carry Ar 196s or He 114s ?
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All commerce raiders of the Kriegsmarine carried one or two floatplanes. In 1939 the DEUTSCHLAND and ADMIRAL GRAF SPEE carried one Ar 196 each. Four of the armed merchant cruisers (KOMET, ORION, THOR and WIDDER) sent on war patrol in 1940 also carried one Ar 196, the KORMORAN had two Ar 196 aboard and ATLANTIS and PINGUIN carried two He 114.