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    Airframe Family: Arado Ar-196
    Latest Model:Ar-196A-5
    Last Military Serial:T3+BH Luftwaffe
    Construction Number:623167
    Compressed ID:Arado Ar-196A-5 sn T3+BH Luftwaffe...
    Latest Owner or Location:Naval Air Wing 3, Nordholz AB, Germany

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an Ar-196A-5.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Luftwaffe with s/n T3+BH.

    Captured on board a German cruiser.

    January 1946

    Transported by ship.
    Moved to the USA from Germany aboard the Prinz Eugen.

    From 1946 to 1949

    Assigned to Philapelphia Navy Yard for storage.
    Stored.

    From 1949 to 1 January 1970

    Placed on display with NAS Willow Grove, PA.

    Markings Applied: TW+SH

    Markings Applied: T3+HK

    Markings Applied: GH+DX

    From 1985 to 2012

    On behalf of the owner stored with/at NMNA, NAS Pensacola, FL.
    Stored.

    Circa 1985

    Transported by ground.
    Reported as damaged during transport to Pensacola, FL.

    By 2010

    To Smithsonian, National Air and Space Museum, Paul Garber Facility, Silver Hill, MD.
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    From February 2013 to 2017

    Loaned to Naval Air Wing 3, Nordholz AB, Germany.
    Loan.

    April 2013

    Transported by air.
    Moved from Pensacola to Germany.

    2016

    Spotted stored dismantled waiting for restoration and display.
    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Warbirds Directory, 6th Edition (2013) by Geoff Goodall
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