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Aviation History
1940
1940 - 1042.PDF
b FLIGHT, April II, 1940. ITALIAN A 1. BREDA 88 HTHE Breda 88 (1) is a multi- •^ purpose design and can be used for fighting, ground attack, bombing or reconnaissance. A top speed of something like 320 m.p.h. is claimed when two Piaggio P.XI.RC.40 1,000 h.p. radials are fitted. As a fighter the armament is four heavy machine guns (12.7 mm.), three of which are fixed in the nose of the fuselage. The Fiat C.R.25 is a lighter multi-purpose type of lower per- formance. Only a small series was built, but the type was tried out in Spain. Torpedo-dropping is the primary duty of the Caproni Ca 312-bis floatplane, a notable feature of which is the nose, com- posed almost entirely of trans- parent panels. The Breda 65 is used by '' assault'' (ground attack) squadrons of the Regia Aero- nautica, and the Ro 37-bis is a standard army co-operation type which was used extensively in Abyssinia and Spain. 2. FIAT C.R.25. 3. CAPRONI Ca 312-bis. 4. BREDA 65. 5. MERIDIONALI Ro 37-bis. C4
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