Caproni Ca.4 The Caproni Aircraft Company made a series of heavy Bomber aircraft in WW1 (Ca.1 to Ca. 5). The Caproni Ca.4 was one of these. Its main features was a triplane (3 wing) arrangement, and 3 engines. The Ca.4 was a twin-fuselage triplane of wooden construction with a fabric-covered frame. It had an open central body, that was attached to the under-surface of the centre wing. This central body contained a single pusher engine, pilot, and forward gunner. The other two engines were tractor mounted at the front of…
Day: May 17, 2021
Lieutenant Richard Been Stannard
Lieutenant Richard Been Stannard was born at Blyth, Northumberland. His father, Captain George Stannard, was lost with the Mount Oswald, an Allen liner, which he commanded when he was making a trip from Baltimore to England in 1912. He had 2 brothers in the Merchant Service and his sister married Mr Douglas Jenkins. Stannard left school at 15 and joined the Port Line and was at sea in 1918. He transferred to the Orient Line after obtaining his master’s certificate and was 2nd officer of the liner Orford when the war…