Other Forces

Souvenir photo

Souvenir photo of two Croatian Air Force’s servicemen in front to an aircraft of Independent State of Croatia’s Air Force (Zrakoplovstvo Nezavisne Države Hrvatske-ZNDH) operational from April 19, 1941. The aircraft is an Italian-built reconnaissance plan Caproni Ca.310bis “Libeccio”, former Royal Yugoslav Air Force. The latter purchased twelve Ca.310 with Piaggio P.VII C35 engines all delivered by June 1938. After the Kingdom of Yugoslavia’s surrender, April 1941, seven Royal Yugoslav Air Force’s Ca.310bis was transferred to Croatian Air Force and employed on Eastern Front from the Kroatische Luftwaffen Legion. On of them is the photo’s plane. The design of nose’s glass is different from this of Italian Air Force’s Ca.310s. Victor Sierra