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I guess it would be possible, the minimum flying speed of the Storch was about 28 knots and the maximum speed of the Admiral Scheer was about 28 knots. If there would be a rather flat space to land on the storch would be able to land like a helicopter.

Thank you very much! I found that video really intresting!

Is that real WWII footage?

lwd wrote:The allies could hardly hope for anything better than the Germans working on aircraft carriers under the Z plan

Why would aircraft carriers be a bad idea? Aircrafts from aircraft carriers sunk Bismarck for example.

Where does KMS come from then? Someone must have used it somewhere?

USS Prinz Eugen (she got renamed after the defeat of Germany) was sunk at the Kwajalein atoll. The size is about 200 meters or 650 feet at google earth. The size of the Prinz Eugen was 212 meters or about 700 feet. And since the Prinz Eugen don't rest on a flat bottom, the lengt of the ship is longe...

She survived both the nuke tests, and then she got sunk at the Kwajalein atoll. Because of the amount of readioactivity, she had, it was impossible to put her back into use again.

I noticed that you actually can see her on Google Earth. The coordinates are: 8°45′9.85″N, 167°40′59.16″E

I would like to see even more aircraft carriers.

Hi, My uncles, father in laws, sisters husband told me that he was in the war. He said he first took part on the eastern front and then was hit by russians, after that he was hit another time on the eastern front. And he also told me that he was shooting with artillery on utah in June the 6th 1944. ...