Does any one know more ?.
Only one or two but, mainly, that list has a lot of duplications. It is also quite garbled. [1] Let's try to untangle it.
I'll start with the 'designations' and then move on to the easier-to-hand 'name' contractions ...
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Anatra Letter Designations (+ corrections/clarifications)
Anatra letter designations were based on designers' names, sometimes with a qualifier. The latter may be for engine types, role, or layot/construction. These were:
- A for Avro
- D for
Dekan (RU spelling of head designer Elysée Alfred Descamps' surname)
- E for (??)
- M for
Monoplan
- S for Salmson (French engine maker)
An anomaly is the designation V.I. which stood for Voisin Ivanov. This is likely explained by this aircraft type being built by AA Anatra but not being their own design.
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Anatra
tip A - 1914
Odessa Avro, Avro 500 copy
- A : Reverse-engineered Avro; not clear if licensed or not
Anatra
Anade-istrebitel - Same as
Anadis (
qv)
Anatra No.15 or
tip 15 (
sic) - Garbled Anatra DIs*
-- * See
Anadis
Anatra D - 1915 recce biplane; see Anatra
Anade
- D : From
Dekan (RU pronunciation of Descamps)
Anatra D No.14 - Refers to prototype Anatra DS conversion
Anatra DC - Mistransliteration of Anatra DS (
qv)
Anatra DE - 1916 4-seat, 3-engined medium bomber, x 1
- DE: Push-pull trimotor with 2 x podded gun positions*
- DE: 1 x 140 hp Salmson + 2 x 80 Le Rhônes, span 16.00 m
- DE: Intended to fly return leg on Salmson engine only
- DE: Modified & enlarged
tip D
Anade airframe
-- The DE crashed on first landing; project abandoned
-- * 2 x wing-pod gun positions + 1 x rear fuselage
Anatra DM - 1916 fighter; see Anatra
Anamon
- DM: From
Dekan Monoplan (Descamps Monoplane)
Anatra DS - 1916 recce biplane; see Anatra
Anasal
Anatra DSS - 1917 longer-span DS; see Anatra
Anasal
Anatra Dekan S Spano(
sic) - Garbled Anatra
Ispano
-- * See Anatra
Anadis[/i]
Anatra monocoque - Translation of Anatra
monokok*
-- * See
Anadis
Anatra S - Same as Anatra DS; see Anatra
Anasal
Anatra SS - Same as Anatra DSS; see Anatra
Anasal
Anatra Spano - Mistransliteration of
Ispano(-
Syuiza)
- Spano (
sic): Refers to DIs project or
Anadis
Anatra V.I. - 1916 'Voisin Ivanova' pusher biplane bomber
- V.I.: Impr. French Voisin LAS by
Leytenant Pyotr Ivanov
- V.I: 1 x 150 hp water-cooled Salmson R9, span 14.70 m*
- V.I.: 125 x ordered from Anatra; apparently 139 x built
-- * Upper wing panels; total V.I. span 3 m longer than LAS
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Anatra 'Name' Contractions
Note: Most 'name' contractions are based on 'Ana' (for Anatra) + another abbreviation for the design origin (with some overlap with letter designations, above). These were:
- d or de for
Dekan, Russian pronunciation of French surname Descamps
-- for Anatra's original head designer Elysée Alfred Descamps);
- dva for
Dekan and VAsily Khioni (Khioni design based on Descamps components)
- va for VAsily Khioni
NB: There seems to be no short-form for Farman - either contraction or letter designation. Instead, the more familiar Russian surname, Farmanov was simply sustituted. That said, we have to ask the question: Did Anatra actually built any Farman IVs?
There
were two unidentified 'Farmana' built in 1913. These might have been Farman IVs (although the production of such types by other Russian firms is fairly well-documented). The Odesa factory certainly built other foreign designs (for the Russian military and for civilian use), but I've found no Anatra designations (or contractions) for any of them. (For the record, those include 10 x Farman XVs and a single Blériot XIII in 1913 followed next year by the 81 x Anatra Avro copies.)
There was at least one suffix applied for layout/construction type. This was:
- mon for
monoplan, Cyrillic spelling of monoplane; eg:
Anamon
-- NB: 'mon' suffix also used for Gnome
Monosoupape engine type
There were also suffixes for engine types. These were:
- is for
Ispano, from Cyrillic spelling for French firm, Hispano(-Suiza)
-- NB: is also said to be short for
istrebitel (fighter aircraft)
- kle (or kler) for Klerzhe, from Cyrillic spelling for French firm, Clerget
- mon for
Monosoupape, French Gnome 9-cylinder rotary engine
- sal for Salmson (eg:
Anasal)
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Anatra Names and 'Name' Contractions
Anatra 'Farmanov-4' - 1911-12 biplane trainer; Farman IV copy
- 'Farmanov-4': Dubiously attributed to Anatra Odesa factory*
-- For the Odesskiy morskoy batal'on (Odessa Naval Battalion)
-- * Conf. with Farman XV (qv)?, multiple RU Farman builders
Anatra
Anade - 1915
tip D, 2-seat recce biplane, x 170
-
Anade: Derived from the prewar German Aviatik P20*
-
Anade: 1 x 100 hp Gnome
Monosoupape, span 11.50 m
-
Anade: Simple tandem tractor, suffered poor constr'n
-- Type designation 'D' for Descamps (or for 'Dekan' in RU)
-- * Same engine type, 2-bay wings, inverted V cabanes
-- * Many aerodynamic changes made after prototype flew
-
Anade: (Prototype) Less wing-sweep, fwd-placed wings
-
Anade: (Early prod.) Both front & rear motor mounts
-- Wings moved aft; cockpits forward; larger tailplane
-
Anade: (Later prod.) Rear motor mount; round cowling
-
Anakler:
Tip D with 130 hp Clerget 9E rotary
-- From Anatra-Klerzhe (from RU Clerget name pronunciation)
-- Sometimes given as shortened
Anakle (Anatra-Klerzhe)
- DIs**: (Project) 1 x 200 hp Hispano Suiza, not available
-- ** From
Ispano-Syuiza; sometimes rendered as D. Is.
- DS : aka
Anasal, 1 x 150 hp Salmson radial,
qv
- DSS: aka
Anasal, 1 x 160 hp Salmson radial,
qv
Anatra
Anadis - 1916 single-seat biplane recce-fighter, x 1
-
Anadis: Prototype fighter derivative of DS
Anasal
-
Anadis: 1 x 150 hp Hispano-Suiza 8A, span 11.40 m
-
Anadis: Refined fuselage, retained
Anasal wings
-- Type designation from
Anade-istrebitel (fighter)
-- aka
Dekan with Hispano,
biplan-monokok, or 'Bi-Kok'*
-- * 'Bi' for biplane not for any potential 2-seat conversion
-- aka Anatra D. Is,
Anaispano; but
not 'No.' or '
tip 15
Anatra Biplane coque (
sic) - Garbled
biplan-monokok*
-- * See
Anadis (above)
Anatra
Anamon - 1916 single-seat monoplane fighter, x 1
-
Anamon: Analogous to the French Morane-Saunier type N*
-
Anamon: 1 x 100 hp Gnome
Monosoupape. span (?) m
--
Anamon tested late June 1916, not approved for service
-- * Including
Anamon's use of propeller deflector wedges
--
Anamon: aka
tip DM (from
Dekan Monoplan)
Anatra
Anasal - 1916 2-seat recce biplane, x 184
-
Anasal: aka
tip DS for
tip D-Salmson
-
Anasal: Higher-powered
Anatra, reinforced*
-
Anasal: 1 x 150 hp Salmson R9, span 11.40 m
-
Anasal: Feb 1917; aka
tip DSS (or SS)
-
Anasal: 1 x 160 hp Salmson R9,** span 12.30 m
-- * Including fuselage clad in plywood instead of linen
-- ** Some source list engine as 'Salmson U9' [
sic]
- Anatra C I : Austro-Hungarian desig. for
Anasal
-- Captured
Anasal as KuK Luftfahrtruppen trainers
- Anatra C IA: AH Apr 1918 order for 200 x
Anasals
-- Further
Anasal prod. as trainers, (?) x completed
-- 'Name' contracted from Anatra- (or
Anade-)Salmson
Anatra
Anadva - 1916-17 2-engined, twin-boom bomber, x 2
-
Anadva: Twin tractor bomber deriv. in 2 x versions
-- aka
Anadva VX,* VKh, or Khioni-4 (after VN Khioni)
-- * Sometimes mistransliterated as
Anadva BX (
sic)
-- * Also referred to as VKh-4 or '
Dvuhvostka' (forktail)
-
Anadva: 3-bay wings w/ vertical control panels
-
Anadva No.1: June 1916; used
Anade components
-
Anadva No.1: 2 x 100 hp Gnome
Monosoupape, 3 x crew
-
Anadva No.1: aka Khioni No.4 (in designer's sequence)
-
Anadva No.2: Spring 1917;
Anasal components
-
Anadva No.2: 2 x 150 hp Salmson R9s, span 19.00 m
-- 5 x crew, central gun pod + rear-firing gun in each boom
-
Anadva No.2: aka Khioni No.5 (in designer's sequence)
-
Anadva: 50 x ordered 03 Nov 1917, none completed
-
Anadva floatplane: Summer 1917 conv. of No.2*
-- * No.2 crash-landed in Black Sea off Odesa, 11 Aug 1917
--
Anadva 'name' contracted Anatra-Khioni [2]
Anatra Anaisoano (
sic) - Garbled
Anaispano*
-- * See Anatra
Anadis (above)
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[1] Note that Vasily Khioni's
Konek-Gorbunok (aka U-8) doesn't belong on this list ... unless it is as an updated
Anade airframe. The 1923 Konek-Gorbunok ('humpbacked horse') was built at the Odesa factory but not until after the AA Anatra works had already been closed.
[2] Of Greek background, Vasily Nikolaevich Khioni was an Anatra test pilot as well as a designer.
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