Italian Heavy Fighters

[PhR]

Hi! Caproni Ca.335.(SABCA S.47)

Уголок неба ¦ SABCA S.47

Caproni Ca.335 - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

"The Caproni Ca.335 Maestrale (Mistral) was an Italian single-engined two-seat fighter-bomber/reconnaissance aircraft of the 1930s. It was designed by Caproni to meet a requirement of the Belgian Air Force, with it being planned that the aircraft would be built under licence by the Belgian company SABCA as the SABCA S.47. Only a single aircraft was built, production plans being stopped by the German invasion of Belgium in May 1940."

PDF file.

http://www.belgian-wings.be/webpages/navigator/photos/MilltaryPics/interbellum/Sabca%20S47/SabcaS47_CharlesMalipwd.pdf

The SABCA S. 47, "L'Aviation Belge", 1938 (French)

http://forum.warthunder.com/index.php?/topic/250439-belgium-the-sabca-s-47-34l39aviation-belge34-1938-french/

The SABCA 47 was tested in 1940 in France. Unfortunately, in June, when German soldiers seized Bricy airfield, they just found the burned wreck of the belgian prototype.

 

[Arjen]

@PhR Many years ago I saw an image of the SABCA 47, without information of its Caproni origin. Thank you pointing out its history.
@blackkite A belated - thank you - to you as well.