what is it?
The Caproni Ca.311 was a light bomber-reconnaissance aircraft produced in Italy prior to and during World War II.
How to recognise it: 2 engines · 16.2 m wingspan
base stats
Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).
fun facts
- First flew 87 years ago, in 1939.
- Top speed is 2.4× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 16.2 m: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Range of 1,600 km: 9× Amsterdam to Brussels.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1939-04
- number built
- 320
- role
- reconnaissance bomber
- makers
- Caproni
- engines
- 2× Piaggio Stella P.VII C.35 7 cylinder radial engines
- crew
- 3
- length
- 11.7 m
- wingspan
- 16.2 m
- height
- 3.7 m
- max take-off weight
- 4,822 kg
- top speed
- 307 km/h
- range
- 1,600 km
- ceiling
- 7,400 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1034995, Wikipedia: Caproni Ca.311 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.