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Re: ID excersice - what type of aircraft wreck is this?
Posted by Gregory on Sun Aug 31, 2003 07:17:41 AM
In reply top Re: ID excersice - what type of aircraft wreck is this? posted by Mikael on Sun Aug 31, 2003 05:57:58 AM
Mikael
I remember a gradually shrinking three-engined Caproni Ca 133 wreck at Lekempti (latest photos circa 1975) and another on the outskirts of Addis Abeba (same dates). Nothing about twin-engined Capronis ... we sold them all to Sweden, and von Rosen didn't send any to Ethiopia ... ;-))
Gregory
: It's the old sightings I'm refering to. I think I remember
: some Caproni twin engined bomber...
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: : Mikael
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: : Which wrecks? Any specific sightings you can mention? I
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: : ve just a couple of reports from 25 years ago, but nothi
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: : solid or recent.
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: : Tell me more!
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: : : Obviously you're right!
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: : : Anyway, a WWII wreck waiting to be recovered... Any ne
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: : : n the Italian wrecks that were reported many years ago
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: : : Ethiopia/Eritrea?
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: : : : Sorry Mikael - the URLs for the photos give it away
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: : : : I claim my prize!
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: : : : Now what do we all think of the colour scheme for He
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: : : : Me262? - as shown in the new FlyPast and Aeroplane
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: : : : y - is that solid RLM 83 the finished article or is
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: : : : ing to be oversprayed with RLM82 blotches??
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