Arado Flugzeugwerke

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Arado Flugzeugwerke was a German aircraft manufacturer, originally established as the

Flugzeugbau Friedrichshafen
firm, which produced land-based military aircraft and seaplanes during the First and Second World Wars.

History

With its parent company, it ceased operations following the First World War, when restrictions on German aviation were created by the Treaty of Versailles. In 1921, the factory was purchased by Heinrich Lübbe, who is said to have assisted Anthony Fokker in the creation of the pioneering Stangensteuerung synchronization gear system during 1914-15, and re-commenced aircraft construction for export. Walter Rethel, previously of Kondor and Fokker, was appointed head designer.[1] In 1925, the company joined the Arado Handelsgesellschaft ("Arado trading firm") that was founded by the industrialist Hugo Stinnes Jr.[2] for covering up illegal trade with military equipment. When the Nazi government came to power in Germany in 1933, Lübbe took control of the company. Just prior to that, Walter Blume, formerly of Albatros, replaced Rethel.

Arado achieved early prominence as a supplier to the

IdFlieg
officer in World War I.

When Germany invaded Poland, instigating World War II, two more Arado products rose to prominence, the

bomber
. Too late to have any real effect on the outcome of the conflict, it was nevertheless a sign of things to come.

Until their liberation in April 1945 by the Soviet army, 1,012 slave laborers from Freiberg, a sub-camp of the Flossenbürg concentration camp, worked at the Arado factory, beginning with the first trainload of 249 prisoners arriving in August 1944. The prisoners were mostly Polish Jewish women and girls sent to Freiberg from Auschwitz.

Arado also licence-built various versions of, and components for the Focke-Wulf Fw 190.

In 1945, the company was liquidated and broken up.

The Ar 96 continued to be produced in Czechoslovakia by

Zlin
for many years after the war as the C.2B.

Aircraft

Arado aircraft include:

Major internal World War II projects under the RLM:

See also

References

  1. ^ "Arado Flugzeugwerke GMbH. Globalsecurity.org".
  2. ISSN 0362-4331
    . Retrieved 2023-01-20.
  3. ^
    ISBN 1-85170-493-0
    .

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