ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 306126
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| Date: | Sunday 16 June 1940 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Arado Ar 196 A-1 floatplane |
| Owner/operator: | Kriegsmarine |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | East of Kermadec Islands -
 Pacific Ocean
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | KMS Orion (HSK-1) |
| KMS Orion (HSK-1) |
After laying mines off Auckland, New Zealand on the night of 13/14 June 1940, the commerce raider KMS Orion headed northeast passing south of the Kermadec Islands on 15 June, then headed east. The Arado was damaged while being unloaded in preparation for takeoff, then capsized in heavy seas on landing. Recovered and repaired.
Sources:
1. https://www.asisbiz.com/il2/Ar-196/BoFlGr-Orion.html
2. https://www.asisbiz.com/il2/Ar-196/HSK.html
3. https://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-WH2Navy-c9.html
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