The Arado 96 was a German training and liaison aircraft. PI-OT was based at Herdla, West of Bergen during WW II, it was assigned to 1.gruppe/Jagdgeschwader 5. On 14 March 1943, on a mission to Sola, it got engine trouble. The pilot made a forced landing on lake Storavatnet, where it sank to a depth of 37 meters. On 7 November 1992, it was recovered from the lake and has been under restoration with the Flyhistorik Museum Sola ever since.

This is a homebuilt replica of the Arado AR-96

My best attempt at the finished side of the unique Ar 96 in the Berlin Technikmuseum. A very elegant aircraft compared to its American counterpart, the AT-6 / Harvard!

Oh, no. A terribly rare Luftwaffe advanced trainer, carefully restored at the Technikmuseum, and then they display it like this, with the good side in the dark, almost impossible to appreciate or photograph. I was very disappointed.

This magnificent strange exhibit looks this way as the remainder of the aircraft has been taken away for restoration. It is a composite of three aircraft, one recovered from a lake in Sweden, another from Sweden and the wings of an Avia C.2B. Built in 1943 this training aircraft in the Technical Museum should look fantastic when complete.