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Go Down Pages 1 2 3. April 28, , AM. Quote from: Nils on April 28, , AM i think ireally outdone myself this time, the addition of the figurines really make this build come alive I certainly agree with you sir. Do not condemn the judgement of another because it differs from your own. You may both be wrong. When the larger carriers were built and operational, the Wiesbaden was then being reassigned as a training ship and was based in Norway, to qualify Kriegsmarineflieger pilots for carrier landings, a role it kept up until november In januari , Germany was running out of supplies nd resources when the allies taken back most of Eastern-Europe and conquered the oil fields and metal mines.
Argentina offered to help the Nazi regime, in exchange for military advisory and equipment and technology. As of April , Germany began to resupply itself as convoys of equipment crossed the Atlantic. To protect the convoys from the allied navies, the DKM Wiesbaden was reassigned as an escort carrier, a role it wasnt really prepared for as the ship, aside from its aircraft, was unarmed, in a hurry, it was equiped with additonal liferafts and 50cal machine guns.
The ship was kept in service until surrender in , when it was to be scuttled. However, the Kriegsmarine failed to sink the ship and it was captured by Soviet troops in the harbour of Le Havre, France. The ship, at the time heavily damaged, was towwed back to russia where it was inducted into the Soviet Navy and used as a trainingship for Soviet naval pilots until Up to 60 ex-Luftwaffe aircraft were converted to the T-1 standard in Modifications included folding wings, strengthened airframe, an arrestor hook and a conversion to a fighterbomber standard similar to the FWF ground attack version.
Messerschmitt proposed a carrier version of the jet powered Me, but for the smaller escort carriers, that didnt have steam catapults this aircraft was too heavy and unfit. The aircraft served until the end of the war in , a number of captured aircraft continued to serve with the French Aeronavale until Decals: OOB. April 29, , AM.
