The Arado Ar 95 was rejected as a shipborne scout for Germany's warships. Despite this V3 prototype's registration, it was probably a much better aircraft than the Heinkel He 114 which turned out to be a failure. The Ar 95 was offered for export, but this demonstration in Norway did not yield an order. Meanwhile the lighter, faster Ar 196 monoplane was accepted for the embarked scout role - a questionable decision because in this role, robustness and seaworthiness were far more important than performance. Photo by: Sverre Bjørnebye / Norsk Luftfartsmuseum

Coming from a German training unit, this Ar 196 was interned in Sweden in 1943. In January 1945 it was bought by Maj John Turner of MI6, who ran mountain observation posts to look into German-occupied Norway and thought the Arado, SE-AUO, suitable for his transportation needs. Having issues with the Swedes, Turner had his property flown to Oslo without permission on 27 May 1945. As seen here, it was used for a while by No 330 (Norwegian) Sqn with Norwegian roundels. No 8801 Air Disarmament Wing was looking to scrap German equipment, such as the He 115 in the background, but Turner managed to sell his plane back to Sweden were it towed targets as SE-AWY until crashing in 1947. Photo from: Royal Norwegian Navy Museum

The original single-engined Ju 52 was tried as a torpedo bomber! This military version was designated K45 by Junkers. The fourth Ju 52 airframe, D-2317, was sent to Swedish subsidiary Flygindustri for trials which took place at Horten in Norway. SE-ADM then to D-2317 again and D-UBES. Photo from: Norsk Teknisk Museum