Photo Farman

[Stig Jarlevik]

Hmmm

Never thought about that. I suppose it rather comes from the most vulnerable part of your body, your throat. Cut that and it is finito....
Most nations I believe (at least in Europe) went for that when dealing with capital punishment. But I agree there were plenty of other "popular" methods....

With regard to to Italian serial numbers, I am frightfully short of data, but the little I have at least seems to indicate that the Italians kept the already given numbers from their Allies. I find photos of various Nieuport in Italian service which lack Italian serials but have French SFA numbers on their fins. I thus have no information about re-serialled aircraft. It could of course boil down to far too little data...

So, forced to stick my neck out again, I would say the Farman seen here do have an Italian serial number (not an SFA number).

Cheers
Stig

PS. Having rambled the above, I immediately spotted a photo of a Nieuport 27 N7994 carrying an Italian serial Ni.19927, so I guess it is back to the drawing board again...

[musec04]

Hi Stig,


Just curious really about the bet my head saying, we of course have the same functional equivalent with the use of sticking my neck out, but then we too have a related cultural heritage.


Anyway about 1260, it was a number used for a french MF.11 I would think, I see from http://albindenis.free.fr/Site_escad...ete_Farman.htm 1259 and 1263 were in any event. Still, as you say french machines had the number on the tail, so not I would suppose a french machine operating in Italy, which at one stage crossed my mind as the number as you rightly say is on the body of the aircraft. I tend to agree with you not a SFA number.Hopefully more will emerge...


Regards,


Clint

[musec04]

Hello,


Currently on ebay is a photo of another Italian Farman MF.433 at:


https://www.ebay.it/itm/regia-aerona...EAAOSwme9epdzx


According to Gentilli and Varriale I Reparti P.55 this aircraft served at one time with 2 Squadriglia.



Regards,


Clint

[Stig Jarlevik]

Amazing such an old aircraft survived in 1923....

Cheers
Stig

[musec04]

Hi Stig,


True and still with a military serial, though I kind of wonder if it wasn't and exhibit or museum piece and not just metaphorically either...


Regards,


Clint

[musec04]

Hello,


Along with other aircraft there is currently a photo of a Farman F.40 at:


https://www.ebay.com/itm/Lot-Of-5-Vi...oAAOSw6xZeqiac


aircraft from the same unit can be seen here:


https://www.impdb.org/index.php?titl...16#Farman_F.40


Regards,


Clint

[musec04]

Hello,


Currently on ebay is a photo of a Farman of Esc F 25 at:


https://www.ebay.fr/itm/Plaque-de-ve...4AAOSwCr9equx4


Regards,


Clint