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Re: Photos Caproni
Hello Stig,
I think we'd be in a much stronger position to discuss the Italian built Capronis operated by France if Jean Besnard had also contributed to Albin Denis' page on CAP 130.
Let me make a suggestion and this could be completely wrong. Might it not be the case that the CAP 1 & CAP 2 machines did not receive a SFA number at all being foreign built.Thus removing the need to account for putative SFA numbers.
Followup question did the initial British built Sopwith 1.5 Strutters receive a SFA Number? D&S have the British serials,but no mention of SFA numbers. Likewise the two Short 184 retained their RNAS serials. Note,the above is far from conclusive.Is the No.502 for the Ca.5 definitely proven? I bet I'm overlooking something really obvious. So one way of ruling out my suggestion,are other foreign built machines known to have received SFA numbers?
Regards,
Clint
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