Luftwaffe

Flying Boat, six made. The Rohrbach Ro III was a twin-engined all-metal flying boat built designed and built in Germany in 1923-24 as a development of the Ro II. To escape the allied commission draconian rules, it was presented as an airliner, but coould be quickly reconverted as a reconnaissance seaplane. It was developed later … Read more

Submarine-carried Seaplane (1922), 4 made. The Caspar U.1 (in some publications Caspar-Heinkel U.1) was a 1922 German patrol seaplane tailored for use on board a submarine. It was the world’s first of its kind, tailor designed by Ernst Heinkel and built by Caspar-Werke. The U.1 was indeed designed to fit inside a cylindrical container carried … Read more

Dornier Do J. “Wal” c250 produced. The Dornier Do J. “Wal” was probably the most famous flying boat of the German company by Claude Dornier, also father of the 1929 mighty Do.X and its 12 engines. The Do J. “wal” (whale) was an impressive all-metal model that was pioneered back in 1923 when introduced as … Read more

German Long-Range Reconnaissance flying boat First flight 1937, service 1940 -297 produced 1938-43. The Blohm & Voss BV 138 Seedrache (Sea Dragon) was a trimotor flying boat by a famous shipyard, which became in WW2 the primary seaborne long-range maritime patrol and naval reconnaissance aircraft of the Luftwaffe during. Designed prewar by Richard Vogt, under … Read more

German observation Floatplane (1937), 541 produced 1939-44. The Arado 196 in brief The Arado Ar 196 was a German single-engine reconnaissance seaplane used during World War II. It was designed by Walter Blume and produced by the Arado Flugzeugwerke. The Ar 196 was primarily used by the German Navy (Kriegsmarine) for maritime reconnaissance and observation … Read more