Kriegsmarine or German Navy during WWII photo gallery


Light Cruiser Köln

Kriegsmarine KMS Light Cruiser Köln

Aircraft facilities and on-board accommodation:

Capacity: The ship can take 2 aircraft on board.

Accommodation: 1. Airplane on the catapult. The 2nd board aircraft can be dismantled and carried below deck.

Centrifugal device: Installation in the winter of 1934, 1x compressed air operated DWK (type FL 22) catapult of 14 m length, 360 ° swiveling (starting area is 70 ° to 100° and 255 ° to 285 °), amidships, between the chimneys at a height of 3.50 m high special structure. Expansion in January 1938.

Takeover facility: 1x heavy aircraft crane, port side next to the rear chimney. 1940 installation of a landing platform for helicopters on tower B.

 

  Missions in Spain (1936 to 1937), tests of aircraft types including helicopters
Code: Aircraft type: WNr: Period: Remarks:
D-IDYZ He 60 - 1935 Catapult testing.
60D81 He 60 - 1936-1937 Spain use
D-IBAX Vought V 85 G 1069 Autumn 1937 Sample testing by seaplane test center in Travemünde to test the catapult capability and the operational capability on warships
D-1DIT Vought V 85 G 1073 Autumn 1937 Sample testing by seaplane test center in Travemünde to test the catapult capability and the operational capability on warships
D-ITIT Vought V 85 G 1074 Autumn 1937 Sample testing by seaplane test center in Travemünde to test the catapult capability and the operational capability on warships
D-EFLV FL 265 V1 1579 1940 Helicopter - border trials.
CJSA Flettner FL 282 V-7 B 280007 1940 Helicopter - border trials.
From February 1938 - No more takeover of board aircraft possible due to expansion of the aircraft facilities

Operation Donnerkeil

German Light Cruiser Köln photo collection

NHHC photo collection

NHHC photo NH 80983 Köln: (German Light Cruiser, 1930-1945) Photographed from a Royal Air Force aircraft from Thorney Island, United Kingdom, 2 March 1939. Plane's altitude was 150 feet. Distance from ship was 800 yards. Ship's speed was 12 knots. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

NHHC photo 242-HB-14598a55 Köln: (German Light Cruiser, 1930-1945) Photographed from astern, while manning her rails in 1935. Note the decorative National Socialist eagle mounted on her transom, and the recessed anchor stowage. Photographed by Hoffman. Photograph from the Hoffman collection in the U.S. National Archives.

 

 Warnemünde Germany Map

 Mosjoen harbor Norway Map

 

    Citations: +

  1. Horst H. Geerken (9 June 2017). Hitler's Asian Adventure. BoD – Books on Demand. pp. 375–376. ISBN 978-3-7386-3013-8.
  2. Sivertsen 1999: 105, 115–122
  3. Sivertsen 1999: 122
  4. Kotelnikov, V. Stalin's Captives article in Fly Past magazine, February 2017 pp102-4
  5. Frank Joseph, The Axis Air Forces: Flying in Support of the German Luftwaffe, ABC-CLIO, 2011, p. 166
  6. Smithsonian: National Air and Space Museum: Arado Ar 196
  7. HCWinters (12 June 2013). 'USA leihen Arado an das MFG aus'. Cuxhavener Nachrichten.
  8. 'Kriegsflugzeug kehrt nach Deutschland zurück'. Die Welt.
  9. Bardanis, Manolis; Lino, von Garzten. 'Die Geschichte der Arado 196 von Herakleaia' (PDF). naxosdiving.com. Naxos Diving.
  10. Sharpe, Michael. Biplanes, Triplanes, and Seaplanes Airplanes, pg.41. London, England: Fruriedman/Fairfax Books, 2000. ISBN 1-58663-300-7.

    Bibliography: +

  • Dabrowski, Hans-Peter and Koos, Volker. Arado Ar 196, Germany's Multi-Purpose Seaplane. Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing, 1993. ISBN 0-88740-481-2.
  • Ledwoch, Janusz. Arado 196 (Militaria 53) (in Polish). Warszawa, Poland: Wydawnictwo Militaria, 1997. ISBN 83-86209-87-9.
  • Sivertsen, Svein Carl (ed.) (1999). Jageren Sleipner i Romsdalsfjord sjøforsvarsdistrikt April 1940 (in Norwegian). Hundvåg: Sjømilitære Samfund ved Norsk Tidsskrift for Sjøvesen.

    Magazine References: +

  • Airfix Magazines (English) - http://www.airfix.com/
  • Avions (French) - http://www.aerostories.org/~aerobiblio/rubrique10.html
  • FlyPast (English) - http://www.flypast.com/
  • Flugzeug Publikations GmbH (German) - http://vdmedien.com/flugzeug-publikations-gmbh-hersteller_verlag-vdm-heinz-nickel-33.html
  • Flugzeug Classic (German) - http://www.flugzeugclassic.de/
  • Klassiker (German) - http://shop.flugrevue.de/abo/klassiker-der-luftfahrt
  • Le Fana de L'Aviation (French) - http://boutique.editions-lariviere.fr/site/abonnement-le-fana-de-l-aviation-626-4-6.html
  • Le Fana de L'Aviation (French) - http://www.pdfmagazines.org/tags/Le+Fana+De+L+Aviation/
  • Osprey (English) - http://www.ospreypublishing.com/
  • Revi Magazines (Czech) - http://www.revi.cz/

    Web References: +

  • Wikipedia.org - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arado_Ar_196
  • Wikipedia.org - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_cruiser_K%C3%B6ln
  • Axel Kleckers and Christian Grams site - http://www.luftwaffe-zur-see.de/Seeluft/196%20Bordfliegergruppe/Bkdo_K-Kreuzer.htm

 

This webpage was updated 11th November 2020