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#71
10-27-2011, 05:28 PM
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This is Italian squadron to Eastern Africa.
Aeronautica dell'Africa Orientale Operava in Africa Orientale: - Quartier Generale(headquarters) Nord (Assab) -25º Gruppo Bombardieri (Bis), Caproni Ca.133 (Bahar Dar) -26º Gruppo Bombardieri (Bis), Caproni Ca.133 (Gondar) -27º Gruppo Bombardieri (Bis), Caproni Ca.133 (Assab) -28º Gruppo Bombardieri (Bis), Savoia-Marchetti S.M.81 (Zula) -118ª Squadriglia Bombardamento, Caproni Ca.133 (Assab) -Squadriglia Ricognizione Nord, Caproni Ca.133 (Agordat) -409ª Squadriglia Caccia, Fiat C.R.42 (Massaua) -413ª Squadriglia Caccia, Fiat C.R.42 (Assab) -Quartier Generale(headquarters) del Centro (Addis Abeba) -4º Gruppo Bombardieri (Bis), Savoia-Marchetti S.M.81 (Scenele) -29º Gruppo Bombardieri (Bis), Savoia-Marchetti S.M.81 (Assab) -44º Gruppo Bombardieri (Bis), Savoia-Marchetti S.M.79 (Ghiniele) -49º Gruppo Bombardieri, Caproni Ca.133 (Gimma) -41ª Squadriglia Ricognizione, Caproni Ca.133 (Addis Abeba) -110ª Squadriglia Ricognizione, IMAM Ro.37 (Dire Daua) -410ª Squadriglia Caccia, Fiat C.R.32 (Dire Daua) -411ª Squadriglia Caccia, Fiat C.R.32 (Dire Daua) -Quartier Generale(headquarters) Sud (Mogadiscio) -31º Gruppo Bombardieri (Bis), Caproni Ca.133 (Neghelli) -Squadriglia Ricognizione Sud, Caproni Ca.133 (Mogadiscio) Last edited by Xilon_x; 10-27-2011 at 05:35 PM. 
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#78
11-12-2011, 09:39 PM
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Caproni Ca.183 bis
 In 1942 Caproni began construction on a high-altitude fighter using prop and jet thrust. The Caproni CA 183bis had a DB 605 of 1,250 HP in the nose driving two three-blade contra-rotating props with a 700 HP Fiat A.30 radial behind the cockpit driving a Campini compressor expected to furnish a 60 MPH boost of jet thrust for an optimistic maximum speed of 460 MPH with a range of 1242 miles. One 20 mm was to be in the prop hub with four more in the wings. Weight was to be 16,538 lbs. with a 48-foot wingspan. The CA 183 was not all that complicated though performance expectations seems optimistic. Engine: 1x Alfa-Romeo “Tifone”(Daimler-Benz DB-605) making 1,250 hp driving a six blade contrarotating propellor. 1x FIAT A.30 radial piston engine making 700 hp driving the Campini engine Weight: Loaded 16.538 lb Maximum Speed: 460 mph / 520 mph with “Thermojet” Range: 1,242 miles Crew: 1 Armament: 4x 20 mm cannons in the wings and 1x 30 mm cannon between the cylinder banks of the engine. The Italians already had knowledge of the German jets through their Rome-Berlin pact and worked together at Riva del Garda (Re- named the Hermann Goering Institute) on advanced jet designs that included a Turboproietti Jet Round Bomb (Italian V-1 type unmanned weapon) and a disc aircraft with two slung turbojets, various rim intakes for another internal engine, a domed canopy, and two canted tailfins. This was only discovered recently after the designer died and the plans were discovered in his apt. Apparently, this is probably what Mussolini referred to as the “Piastra di Volo” (Flying Plate) design. The Germans for their part provided Italy with DB engines that improved their fighter and bomber designs of Fiat, Macchi, and Savoia- Marchetti. Jumos were on order for the Re.2007 and Piaggio’s chief designer D’Ascanio requested information on the BMW 003 for a radical jet helicopter he was designing. But the war ended for Italy and a lot of documents went missing or destroyed. D-Ascanio postwar experimented with a turbine helicopter, but is better known as the inventor of the Vespa moto-scooter! Most of the other manufacturers either went under or became merged in jet manufacture.  THIS IS ORIGINAL PROJECT  
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