GrizBArizona
Airman
- 27
- Jun 27, 2022
Got this report from US National Archives.
Caproni bomber. Ca.3.
Hazelhurst Field, Mineola Long Island, NY 17 May 1918
I do not know very much at all about this aircraft.
US Army Signal Corps wanted to test the Caproni Ca.3 (which would actually be the 30 series, Ca.33 to Ca.39, right?).
Italian pilot killed immediately after T/O. Lt. Antonio Silvio Resnati (sometimes listed as Emilio Resnati ??).
Found some photos. All scraped off the internet.
Two Ca.3s were exported to the US. I think they mightve been 4051 and 4053. I think 4051 crashed. But I really dont know.
The US then contracted to build Ca.4s and Ca.5s but the war ended before this happened??
Which Ca.3 was this?
Newspaper articles from 1917 say Resnati was crushed by an engine but that one crash photo doesnt really show that.
Caproni bomber. Ca.3.
Hazelhurst Field, Mineola Long Island, NY 17 May 1918
I do not know very much at all about this aircraft.
US Army Signal Corps wanted to test the Caproni Ca.3 (which would actually be the 30 series, Ca.33 to Ca.39, right?).
Italian pilot killed immediately after T/O. Lt. Antonio Silvio Resnati (sometimes listed as Emilio Resnati ??).
Found some photos. All scraped off the internet.
Two Ca.3s were exported to the US. I think they mightve been 4051 and 4053. I think 4051 crashed. But I really dont know.
The US then contracted to build Ca.4s and Ca.5s but the war ended before this happened??
Which Ca.3 was this?
Newspaper articles from 1917 say Resnati was crushed by an engine but that one crash photo doesnt really show that.