Beating its biplane rivals in a 1936 Reich Air Ministry design competition, the Arado Ar 196 provided the Kriegsmarine with possibly the best shipborne reconnai

Beating its biplane rivals in a 1936 Reich Air Ministry design competition, the Arado Ar 196 provided the Kriegsmarine with possibly the best shipborne reconnai

The famous and versatile World War II German seaplane.

* Origin and combat history of Germany's Arado Ar 196This superb monograph is devoted to the Ar 196, a shipboard reconnaissance aircraft, which became the stand

The Vickers Wellington was one of very few aircraft types to have been in production and frontline service throughout World War II, and more than 10,000 Welling