ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 220164
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| Date: | Sunday 22 December 1940 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Arado Ar 196 A-2 |
| Owner/operator: | 1./B.Fl.Gr.196 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | T3+KH |
| MSN: | 1960039 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | Missing Atlantic Ocean -
 Atlantic Ocean
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | KMS Admiral Hipper |
On 1 December 1940, the German heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper made her second attempt to break into Atlantic, sailing first to Bergen, Norway. She sailed from there on the 5th and crossed the next day the Denmark Strait undetected. She then sailed south but stormy weather made navigation difficult and increased fuel comsumption.
Three weeks after the departure, the better weather allowed for the first time to launch the embarked aircraft. At 0630 hrs on 22 December the cruiser catapulted one of her two Arado floatplanes, the Ar 196 A-2 WNr 39(coded T3+KH), flown by Fw Norbert Schürmann (pilot) and Lt zur See Johannes Nowrat (observer). The aircraft never returned. The crew tried to set the second Ar 196 from the hall onto catapult for a search flight but it suffered damage and could not be launched. The ship searched the missing plane until dusk, but had no success. For the remainder of the voyage of the cruiser remained hence without air reconnaissance. She sailed to Brest on the 27th, after engaging the convoy WS 5 on the 24th, damaging two ships and the escorting cruiser HMS Berwick.
The German loss list indicated that the Arado was lost in the area coded as "Mar. Qu. Be 5446".
Sources:
"Die deutschen Seeflieger 1935-1945", by Gerhard Hümmelchen. ISBN 3469003068
http://www.ahs.no/ref_db/lw_loss_public.asp?lossid=114557
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_cruiser_Admiral_Hipper
http://www.historisches-marinearchiv.de/projekte/luftwaffenfahrzeuge/luftwaffen_fahrzeuge_seeflugzeuge/ausgabe.php?flugtyp=Arado&where_value=1179
http://www.luftwaffe-zur-see.de/Seeluft/Verlustlisten/Jahr1940.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Dec-2018 20:59 | Laurent Rizzotti | Added |
| 10-Dec-2019 20:48 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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