SIAI SM.82 (Ali d'Italia 14)

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Название: SIAI SM.82

Автор: Baldassare Catalanotto

Издательство: La Bancarella Aeronautica

Серия: Ali d'Italia 14

ISBN: N/A

Год издания: 2000

Язык: Italian/English

Количество страниц: 66

Формат: PDF

Размер: 55,9 MB

The SM.82 was the first aircraft in the world designed and built as a military transport aircraft. It was a complete project involving both the Italian Army and Air Force, as well as the national airline. As well as payload considerations, armament and bomb loads were also designed into the aircraft. Capable of carrying 82 paratroopers, the SM.82 could also carry a Fiat CR.42 fighter and did so, re-supplying the East African colonies with 50 fighters. Flying the longest combat flight to date, on October 19, 1940 four SM.82's bombed the Manama oil refineries in Bahrain with a total of 400 X 15 kilogram incendiary bombs. They flew 4200 kilometers in 15 hours and 30 minutes with no losses. Its' reputation was such that the Luftwaffe ordered 300 and used them extensively on all fronts

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