1/144 Avia/Letov C-2/Arado Ar 96B - by MARK I

1/144 Avia/Letov C-2/Arado Ar 96B - by MARK I

The Arado Ar 96 was a German single-engine, low-wing monoplane of all-metal construction produced by Arado Flugzeugwerke. It was the Luftwaffe's standard advanced trainer during World War II.

The Ar 96 was used for advanced, night and instrument flying training. Famously, during the evening of 28 April 1945, pilot Hanna Reitsch was flown with then-Luftwaffe head Generaloberst Robert Ritter von Greim out from Berlin under Soviet fire in an Arado Ar 96 trainer from an improvised airstrip in the Tiergarten, piloted by a Luftwaffe sergeant.

Shadow production was undertaken by Letov and the Avia factory in occupied Czechoslovakia, where manufacturing continued for some years after the war, being designated the Avia C-2B.

A wooden version known as the Ar 396 was built in France and was designated the SIPA S.10. Further developments were the SIPA S.11 (armed version), and the SIPA S.12, a metal version; 188 of all versions were produced until 1958. The S.11 was operated with some success in Algeria carrying machine guns, rockets and light bombs.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arado_Ar_96


Arado Ar 96B 'Ubiquitous Trainer' (2in1)
https://www.hannants.co.uk/product/MKM14459


Avia/Letov C-2/Arado Ar 96B 'Silver Livery' (2in1)
https://www.hannants.co.uk/product/MKM14460

Arado Ar 96B 'Military Trainer' (2in1)
https://www.hannants.co.uk/product/MKM14461