Aereo piaggio p 108. The piaggio p108 bombardiere was an italian four engine heavy bomber that saw service with the regia aeronautica during world war ii. Prototipo costruito per le necessarie valutazioni e prove di volo. Z1014 built only in mock up form piaggio with the p108b a private venture project offered as an additional entry and the p112.
It was one of a handful of italian combat aircraft that could match the best manufactured by the allies. Largo angelo fochetti 29 00154 roma operating office. Principali varianti del bombardiere quadrimotore piaggio p108.
The p108 was an all metal low wing monoplane with a retractable undercarriage. The piaggio p108 was the only heavy four engine bomber to see service with the regia aeronautica during world war two. Negli anni quaranta ed utilizzato dalla regia ae.
The only unit of the regia aeronautica to fly the piaggio p108 was the 274th long range bombardment group which was formed in may 1941 as the first machines came off the assembly lines. The bomber version was identified as the piaggio p108b and piaggio built just 24 units. Citation needed training and achieving full operation strength took far longer than anticipated and the 274th only became operational in june 1942.
Four versions of the p108 were designed but only one the p108b bomber was produced in any quantity before the armistice. Viale generale disegna 1 17038 villanova dalbenga savona italy tel. El p108 fue equipado con cuatro motores enfriados por aire de 18 cilindros p.
Too few were built to play a significant role in the war. Il piaggio p108 era un bombardiere strategico quadrimotore prodotto dallazienda italiana sa. Xii radiales que siempre sufrio de problemas de fiabilidad sino que se produce 1010 kw 1350 cv a 3000 m 9800 pies con 1120 kw 1500 cv en el despegue y se fue de tres palas helices de velocidad constante piaggio.
Entrato in servizio nel 1941 ed utilizzato dalla regia aeronautica durante la seconda guerra mondiale fu lunico quadrimotore pesante utilizzato come bombardiere dalle potenze dellasse nel corso del conflitto inoltre fu uno dei pochi velivoli militari italiani che per le teoriche caratteristiche tecniche si poteva paragonare. Il piaggio p108 fu un bombardiere strategico quadrimotore monoplano ad ala bassa sviluppato dallazienda aeronautica italiana sa. The prototype first flew in 1939 and it entered service in 1941.
The piaggio p108 was the only heavy four engine bomber to see service with the regia aeronautica during world war two. The bomber version was identified as the piaggio p108b and piaggio built just 24 units. Too few were built to play a significant role in the war.
The p108 was an all metal low wing monoplane with a retractable undercarriage. Piaggio p108 in 1938 the ra issued a request for proposal for a bgr bombardiere a grande raggio long range bomber. Proposals came from caproni with their ca204 and ca211 projects crda with cant.
Nei tardi anni trenta. The other variants included the p108a anti ship aircraft with a 102.