Arado AR199 and AR231
Title
Arado AR199 and AR231
Description
Photo 1 and 2 are rear, port side views of an AR199 floatplane on the sea at a beach.
Photo 3 is an AR 231 designed as a submarine borne aircraft.
Photo 3 is an AR 231 designed as a submarine borne aircraft.
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Three b/w photographs on an album page
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Identifier
PThomasAF20060013
Transcription
[Photograph]
Arado AR 199.
A single engine floatplane.
[Photograph]
Arado AR 231.
The submarine borne aircraft concept dated back to the First World War. Prior to the advent of Radar, the aircraft offered the only means of extending the effective reconnaissance range othe [sic] underwater vessel. The Arado AR 231 could be quickly dismantled & stowed in a tube of 6.56 feet diameter. Six in toatal [sic] were built in 1941, but the programme was then cancelled.
[photograph]
Arado AR 199.
A single engine floatplane.
[Photograph]
Arado AR 231.
The submarine borne aircraft concept dated back to the First World War. Prior to the advent of Radar, the aircraft offered the only means of extending the effective reconnaissance range othe [sic] underwater vessel. The Arado AR 231 could be quickly dismantled & stowed in a tube of 6.56 feet diameter. Six in toatal [sic] were built in 1941, but the programme was then cancelled.
[photograph]
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“Arado AR199 and AR231,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed March 29, 2024, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/23133.
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