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Italian Piaggio P.108 bomber in 1942. A list of aircraft used by Italy during World War II until its capitulation to the Allies in September 1943. After that Italy was divided in two states, the Axis Italian Social Republic in the north and the Allied Kingdom of Italy in the south. Both countries had their own Air Force fitted with formerly ...
The Piaggio P.108 Bombardiere was an Italian four-engine heavy bomber that saw service with the Regia Aeronautica during World War II. [3] The prototype first flew on 24 November 1939 and it entered service in 1941. [3] It was one of a handful of Italian combat aircraft that could match the best manufactured by the Allies. [4]
Other planes circled the spot where the plane went down and radioed the base news of the crash. "Eleven of their number were brought to the airfield hospital hospital last night (5 January), suffering from minor injuries and exposure after having spent the intervening time in heavy snow on a high mountain plateau." [184] 4 January
Italian police have released two videos of a crash between a helicopter and a light aircraft above the Alps in January that killed seven people, confirming their initial reconstruction. The ...
The Italian air force became an independent service—the Regia Aeronautica—on 28 March 1923.Benito Mussolini's fascist regime turned it into an impressive propaganda machine, with its aircraft, featuring the Italian flag colors across the full span of the undersides of the wings, making numerous record-breaking flights.
The Hamlyn Concise Guide to Axis Aircraft of World War II. London: Bounty Books. ISBN 0-7537-1460-4. Munson, Kenneth (1983). Fighters and Bombers of World War II. London: Peerage Books. ISBN 0-907408-37-0. Smith, J. Richard; Kay, Anthony L. (2002). German Aircraft of the Second World War. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750 ...
Flight 460 took off from Milan-Linate airport at 7.13 pm, 53 minutes later than scheduled due to traffic and poor weather conditions. Fifteen minutes after taking off, the aircraft was climbing to an altitude of 14,700 feet (4,500 m), in IAS mode, at a constant speed of 133 knots (246 km/h; 153 mph), when it began a rotation movement to the right and left: 41° to the right, 100° to the left ...
Dramatic video shows the moment a diverted American Airlines flight was escorted by Italian fighter jets due to a "security concern.". A spokesperson for the airline told Fox News Digital that AA ...