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Italy’s Cant Z.1007 Alcione was a Three-Engined Wooden Wonder
The use of wood in aircraft construction was limited during World War II, but there were some notable exceptions.
Here s What You Need to Remember: A total of 660 of the medium bombers were produced between 1938 and 1943, and Italy’s wooden wonder served in the Regia Aeronautica, the Italian Co-Belligerent Air Force, the Aeronautica Nazionale Repubblicana (National Republican Air Force) of the Italian Social Republic and even the German Luftwaffe in the final years of the war.
A persistent rumor that has endured in the more than seventy years since the end of World War II is that the Japanese Mitsubishi A6M, more commonly known as the “Zero,” was made of wood. It wasn’t, but the confusion may lie in the fact that its metal structure was covered in fabric. Moreover, at the end of the war, some variants Nakajima Ki-84 fighters (Allied reporting name “Frank”) did make use of wood in the rear fuselage and
2 German tourists probed in 2 Lake Garda crash deaths
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Italian pair killed on northern lake when boat hit by powerboat
21 Giugno 2021
BRESCIA, JUN 21 - Two German tourists have been
placed under investigation in the deaths of two Italians after
their boat was hit by the tourist s powerboat on Lake Garda
early Sunday morning.
The tourists are accused of manslaughter and failing to stop and
help after hitting the wooden boat containing Umberto
Garzarella, 37, from Saló, and Greta Nedrotti, 25, resident at
Toscolano Maderno.
Garzarella, who was sleeping, was killed instantly while
Nedrotti was knocked into the water and drowned.
The tourists, who have not been named, told police they did not
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Meet Italy’s Wooden Wonder: The World War II CANT Z.1007 Alcione Bomber
Hundreds of these surprisingly durable wooden warplanes were produced and were used in the service of several countries during and after World War II.
A persistent rumor that has endured in the more than seventy years since the end of World War II is that the Japanese Mitsubishi A6M, more commonly known as the “Zero,” was made of wood. It wasn’t, but the confusion may lie in the fact that its metal structure was covered in fabric. Moreover, at the end of the war, some variants Nakajima Ki-84 fighters (Allied reporting name “Frank”) did make use of wood in the rear fuselage and wingtips.