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The Caproni Ca.311 was a

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- reconnaissance aircraft produced in

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prior to and during

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. It was a member of the large family of Caproni designs derived from the Ca.306

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prototype of 1935, and more directly a modification of the Ca.310

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. As with other related types, it was a low-wing

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of conventional design. This particular design incorporated the Ca.310's retractable main undercarriage, as well as the heavily glazed nose that had been tested on the Ca.310''bis'' prototype. New features included a relocation of the dorsal turret to a position immediately aft of the cockpit, and additional glazing throughout the

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. From 1940, this aircraft began to replace the IMAM Ro.37 in service, completing this process the following year.

Variants

* Ca.311 - Twin-engined reconnaissance bomber aircraft. * Ca.311M (''Modificato'' - "Modified") - version with less glazing

Operators

; *'' Zrakoplovstvo Nezavisne Države Hrvatske'' ; *''

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Yugoslav Royal Air Force The Royal Yugoslav Air Force ( sh-Latn, Jugoslovensko kraljevsko ratno vazduhoplovstvo, JKRV; sh-Cyrl, Југословенско краљевско ратно ваздухопловство, ЈКРВ; ( sl, Jugoslovansko kraljevo vojno letalstv ...

; *

SFR Yugoslav Air Force The Air Force and Air Defence ( sh-Cyrl-Latn, Ратно ваздухопловство и противваздушна одбрана, Ratno vazduhoplovstvo i protivvazdušna odbrana ; abbr. sh-Cyrl-Latn, label=none, separator=/, РВ и ПВ� ...

- Postwar.

Specifications (Ca.311)

References

Sources

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External links

* http://wmilitary.neurok.ru/caproni.ca311.html * https://comandosupremo.com/caproni-ca-311/ {{Caproni aircraft 1930s Italian bomber aircraft Ca.311 Low-wing aircraft Aircraft first flown in 1939 Twin piston-engined tractor aircraft