Werknummer for Ar 196 A-2 SKZ CU+AX (or CU+AY)

[Hans Mcilveen]

Hello,
does anybody have the Werknummer for this Ar 196 A-2 SKZ CU+AX (or CU+AY)?
And secondly, can anybody confirm the SKZ series CU+A_ was complete i.e. ran from A to Z?
I have found photographic evidence for CU+AA, CU+AB, CU+AC, CU+AF, CU+AR and CU+AT and this one.
Thank you.

Hans

[ju55dk]

Originally Posted by Hans Mcilveen

Hello,
does anybody have the Werknummer for this Ar 196 A-2 SKZ CU+AX (or CU+AY)?
And secondly, can anybody confirm the SKZ series CU+A_ was complete i.e. ran from A to Z?
I have found photographic evidence for CU+AA, CU+AB, CU+AC, CU+AF, CU+AR and CU+AT and this one.
Thank you.

Hans

It's CU+AX. And it was not complete as CU+AY was a Go 145 with A/B 72.

Junker

[Seaplanes]

Ar 196 A-2 CU+AX was W.Nr. 0062 according to my notes. On 20.09.40 it was reported by Küstenfliegerstaffel 1./706 (U) on a special mission to Stavanger. I have noted this aircraft with 1./706 (U) from mid August to mid November 1940. Reported by 1./125 as 7R+CK on 03.10.41 with 155 flying hours to the airframe. Reported ready for transfer from Kampfbeobachter Schule (See) Parow to LZGr. (See) Kiel-Holtenau on 27.04.44.

[JoMe]

In my lists I have a Ar 196 A / CU + AY from Fl.Erg.Gr.(See) in Sept.1940 (Kamp)
Source: FB Pazak

The Go 145 of A/B 72 wears SKZ CO + HY !!!

JoMe

[JoMe]

The skz of Go 145 must be right CO + AY !

[Hans Mcilveen]

Junker, Seaplanes, JoMe: thank you very much.

I wonder, would it be correct to assign the SKZ series CU+AA through CU+AX to WNr 0039 through 0062?

In doing so there would be at least one contradiction: linking CU+AF to WNr 0044.

An Arado with SKZ CU+AF was still flying with FFS B 17 in May 1944 and, according to another source, an Ar 196 A-2 WNr 0044 from Admiral Hipper was captured by Norwegian forces in April 1940 and destroyed a couple of weeks later.