Captured crew of Italian plane 16.Nov.41 Ostfront

[Andrey Kuznetsov]

Hello!

On 16.Nov.41 armored train No.2 shot down an Italian plane near Natalievka (Donbass). The crew (Ltn and Sgt) were captured. Is it possible to find out the type of the plane and the names of the crew?

Best regards,
Andrey

[James A Pratt III]

The Italian official histories are online at archive.org translated in English. I stumbled on to them at believe it or not combinedfleet.com

The RA volume has on 12 Nov 41 the 371 Sqn Ct for several days flying CAS for the 80th Infantry Regiment surrounded in Nititowka by the 174 RD of the RKKA. Nothing else from this period. from the rest of the 22 Gp or 61 Gp flying Ca 311s Could the plane be from another Air force? Like Hungarian, Rumanian,Slovak, German?

[Andrey Kuznetsov]

James, thank you very much!

I have now downloaded all 4 volumes in English from archive.org. Found also vol.1 in the original, but haven't found where these volumes are on combinedfleet.com yet.

Originally Posted by James A Pratt III

Could the plane be from another Air force?

Don't know yet. The document says they are Italians.

I was at TsAMO in July and asked in passing if the captured Italian documents are available? Alas, not yet at the moment. I don't even know what is there. But, I think, in the winter of 1942/43 during the defeat of the Italian 8th Army a lot of documents were captured.

Best regards,
Andrey