Caproni Ca. 311 and 313/314

[James A Pratt III]

I know the Ca. 311 and 313/314 equiped a number gruppos in the RA and were used for bombing, recon, ASW, and COIN operations. However, all the accounts I have read about RA in action barely mention the planes.From my not 100% reliable notes I have the following losses:
20 Nov 42 2- Ca 314's (1-173 Sqn and 1-58 Sqn/32 Gp) shot down by Beaufighters 227 Sqn.
24 Apr 43 1-Ca 311 87 Gp shot down by Spitfire 249 Sqn.
Does anyone have anymore info on the operations and losses of these Aircraft?

[Gianandrea Bussi]

Source: 10° Stormo by Cesare Gori and 173a Sq. RST by G. Garello
On 20 november 1942 two Ca.314, one of the 57a Sq., 32° Gruppo 10° Stormo and one of the 173a Sq. RST ("aggregata" to the 10° Stormo) were missing during a convoy escort mission out of the Sicily coast.
All the crewmembers didn't returned - 3 of the 57a and 5 of the 173a Sq. (one of them flying with the aircraft of the other unit)- amongst them the 57a Sq. commander, cap. pil. Guglielmo Rotondo.

Gianandrea