... CANT Z 501 Gabbiano Italy The Z 501 was a record - breaking flying boat that saw widespread service with Italian forces . Despite obvious obsolescence , it fought actively in World War II and was utilized by both sides . Cantiere Navale ...
Chris Bishop. Cant Z.501 Gabbiano The Cant Z.501 Gabbiano ( gull ) light reconnaissance flying - boat was serv- ing in fairly large numbers with the Regia Aeronautica when Italy entered World War II in June 1940. Designed by Filippo ...
... Cant Z - 501 of 186th Squadriglia , piloted by Tenente Paolo Primatesta . Three of the Italian crew survived the crash landing and climbed into a rubber raft , which began to deflate . Despite a rough sea , a British flying boat landed ...
... Cant.Z.501 and two Cant.Z.506Bs parked on the water, they claimed one Cant.Z.506B as a probable and five damaged, together with two Ju 52/3m (See) floatplanes. Italian records show one Cant.Z.506 and one Cant.Z.506B destroyed on the ...
... Cant shadowers, mainly Z.506B seaplanes. 806 Squadron Fulmars had a field ... Z.501 at 5,000 feet at 11:55, which they shot down in flames. Ten minutes ... Cant Z.501 flying boat and one Cant Z.506B seaplane. The Z.506B was intercepted ...
... CANT on a series of new aircraft. The first of these was the Z.501, designed to replace the Savoia-Marchetti S.78. The prototype Z.501, was first flown in 1934 by test pilot Mario Stoppani. The aircraft had a very slim fuselage, a high ...
... CANT Z.501 would fall somewhere in the middle, through no fault of its own. By the time war came for Italy in 1940, the Z.501 equipped a full seventeen squadrons, and four flights, with a total of 200 already built and in service. Some ...
... Cant Z. 501 type , only twenty of the more modern , three - engined Cant Z. 506 seaplanes being operational ; additional 506s were built between 1940 and 1942. Between 1935 and 1943 , more than 200 single - engined IMAM Ro.43 ...