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WWI:  Aircraft:  Foreign:  Italian: Caproni: Ca-44

Italian: Caproni: Ca-44

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Italian: Caproni Ca-44

The U.S. Navy procured 19 of the Italian aircraft for use by the Northern Bombing Group.  The aircraft was used against the Germans on August 15, 1918 at Oslend.  The Fiat engines, though, could be problematic.

Image:  NH 112975:  Caproni aircraft on sea-sled, November 15, 1918.  U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command.