However, "in-fighting" between The Kreigsmarine and German Luftwaffe (Air Force) over weapons development, made such plans difficult to present to Germany's Leader Adolf Hitler. The original German Kreigsmarine (Navy) plan, was to have as many as 4 " Graf Zeppelin"-Class Aircraft Carriers, starting in 1936.
One can fantasize a whole slew of “what if’s” relating to “Plan Z”, but in reality Germany barely had a surface Navy in WW2, and any attempted sorties of German heavy units accompanied by this inferior carrier operated by a navy with absolutely no experience in naval aviation would simply mean one more ship sunk by the RN.Nazi Germany attempted to build several Aircraft Carriers early in World War II. Graf Zeppelin after her launching on 8 December 1938įinally, the ship would have been a failure, simply because the Kriegsmarine needed one carrier like it needed a hole in the head. Junkers Ju 87C Oh, and these planes and their crews would be under independent Luftwaffe command, not under naval command. The Junkers Ju 87C was the intended dive bomber. A likely plane for the German Aircraft Carrier.įurthermore, the Ar 196 was a failure, leading to the development of the Bf 109T, a straight-forward adaptation of the standard Bf 109E of 1940, differing only in having longer span wings for better low speed characteristics and arresting equipment. Fieseler Fi 167 torpedo bomber Arado Ar 197 fighterīoth were biplanes of an obsolescent conception. Furthermore, the Fieseler Fi 167 torpedo bomber and the Arado Ar 197 fighter. The Germans only designed two from scratch for a carrier deployment. In addition, then there were the aircraft. Moreover, one can imagine a Japanese or American carrier launching a whole squadron of planes with rolling takeoffs while the crew of Graf Zeppelin were dealing with just two. To avoid air raids for second half of the war she was based in Stettin But the process of retrieving and repeatedly mounting aircraft on them would certainly have been cumbersome and time consuming. Furthermore, were capable of shooting heavily loaded aircraft into the air.
In addition, the Germans tested the catapults. Lastly, they then attached next airplane. Thirdly, raised via an elevator back to the flight deck. Secondly, and brought back to the launching spot. Firstly, the carriages lowered below the flight deck.
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