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Re: Photos Caproni
Hallo again CLint
I looked in the SHAA Les Escadrilles book and saw that they had a very interesting list
of aircraft under Esc 115 (actually made a table out of that) Unfortunately there is nothing
similar under Esc 130. At least CEP No 1 - 60 and No 101 - 126 are confirmed
Only one aircraft is stated in details as CEP 2 and that is No 20 in Jan 1917. All others are only
referred to as CEP.
What I don't understand is why the two units were redesignated from CEP 115/130 to CAP 115 (Oct 17)
and CAP 130 (Nov 17) if they never used any CAPs but only CEP?
The engines is total mish mash to me. It seems they used whatever engines they could lay their
hand on between 80 - 160hp. They probably re-engined earlier aircraft with higher hp engines when
available.
When doing so didn't they automatically create a CAP 2 instead of a CAP 1 or should we
call them CAP.1Bis?
Soon bedtime for me. Maybe I wake up tomorrow with a glimmering idea? That would be the day....
Cheers
Stig
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