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Re: Ar 196s Captured on Prinz Eugen
An old NASM description of '623167' says that it has 'only 14 hours of operational flying time and U. S. Navy pilots added just four more hours during testing and evaluation at the Naval Air Materiel Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.' Any idea where this information comes from if the c/n is unknown?
I am wondering about the fake Germans markings painted on during the capatult tests, even with a swastika added on the catapult. Just for fun? Were these public events? Wasn't flying without US markings highly unusual?
Is it known who the pilots were and what they had to say about it?
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