The twin-boom Caproni Ca.150 was an attack-fighter ordered in 1936 but subsequently cancelled.
The current Caproni auction at Mallams has enabled the emergence of some really interesting material, such as these Ca.150 documents which show two different design iterations (Ca.150 and Ca.150/2)...
Messerschmitt Me 262 Development & Politics by Dan Sharp
There are many myths surrounding the development of the Messerschmitt Me 262 jet fighter. Its unparalleled performance is beyond doubt; easily able to outpace its opponents and possessing the firepower to shred them in seconds. Yet...
axis powers
early 1940s
fighterfighterbomber
jägerstab
jet age
late 1930s
luftwaffe
messerschmitt ag
nazi germany
pre-world war ii
projekt 1065
reich ministry of armaments and war production
reichsluftfahrtministerium
schwalbe
sturmvogel
third reich
world war ii
In volume 8 of “Gente dell’Aria” by Giorgio Evangelisti published in 2012, there is a description of an italian trimotor called Caproni CDR-10, equipped with three Isotta Fraschini “Delta” RC.41. CDR stands for Caproni-De Bernardi-Rossi. The latter was the engineer Lelio Rossi, former Technical...
I've caught papacavy's "What If" disease, but this is purely for interest rather than literary purposes.
As we all know, the Fairey Battle was an airplane which, once tested in combat, did not imbue its crews with any confidence that they would come home from attacking defended targets. Let's...
allies
alternate history
anti-tank
armeé de l'air
battle of france
british expeditionary force
close air support
dive bomberfighterbomber
fleet air arm
french third republic
interwar period
l'aéronautique navale
light bomber
marine nationale
operation david
royal air force
royal navy
united kingdom
world war ii
1930s
bayerische flugzeugwerke
early 1940s
fighterfighterbomber
interceptor
jagdbomber
kampfzerstörer
luftwaffe
messerschmitt
messerschmitt ag
nachtjäger
nazi germany
pre-world war ii
reichsluftfahrtministerium
strategic reconnaissance
tactical reconnaissance
world war ii
zerstörer
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