Help identifying the following Italian Aircraft
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buffnut453
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The basic layout is very similar to the Farman F.221 but the wing struttery is wrong. I'll keep looking.
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GrauGeist
Generalfeldmarschall zur Luftschiff Abteilung
I think you nailed it.
The F.220 series had several variations and I suspect that the one pictured is an F.222 variant.
By the way, in response to the original post, the Farman is French, not Italian.
buffnut453
Captain
You've nailed it Graeme. That's absolutely the beast. It's still ugly enough to be French, though. 
GrauGeist
Generalfeldmarschall zur Luftschiff Abteilung
Excellent work, Graeme - I was perhaps looking too hard at the spats and not the cockpit.
Funny how the Farman F.222 series bore a remarakble resemblance, though.
Funny how the Farman F.222 series bore a remarakble resemblance, though.
It's still ugly enough to be French, though.
Airframes
Benevolens Magister
It's almost ugly enough to be from the Blackburn factory !!
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Aircraft identified in less than 24 hours!
I had pursued the Farman angle thinking that it was a captured/borrowed/purchased copy that the RA had in its inventory. A few things didn't make sense though: the front of the airplane was close but not close enough; the struts reminded me of the Caproni 101 which motivated a search of Caproni aircraft; the Farman didn't have spats - the Italian "version" could have been modified after "acquisition" which kept that hope alive.
Once Graeme identified the aircraft it was a simple matter to reformulate the search and this is what I found from the Italian Wikipedia site:
Ca.102quater
versione quadrimotore caratterizzata dall'adozione di una coppia di motori Lynx da 200 CV in configurazione traente-spingente per lato.
four-engined version characterized by the adoption of a pair of Lynx 200 hp motors in push-pull configuration per side.
Thanks again!!
.vp
I had pursued the Farman angle thinking that it was a captured/borrowed/purchased copy that the RA had in its inventory. A few things didn't make sense though: the front of the airplane was close but not close enough; the struts reminded me of the Caproni 101 which motivated a search of Caproni aircraft; the Farman didn't have spats - the Italian "version" could have been modified after "acquisition" which kept that hope alive.
Once Graeme identified the aircraft it was a simple matter to reformulate the search and this is what I found from the Italian Wikipedia site:
Ca.102quater
versione quadrimotore caratterizzata dall'adozione di una coppia di motori Lynx da 200 CV in configurazione traente-spingente per lato.
four-engined version characterized by the adoption of a pair of Lynx 200 hp motors in push-pull configuration per side.
Thanks again!!
.vp
vikingBerserker
Lieutenant General
I like it and I READILY admit I like the early "butt ugly" bombers.
Funny how the Farman F.222 series bore a remarakble resemblance, though.
Yeah, same here mate - I went down the Farman road as well, but something wasn't right.
Well done!
