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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 used Italian aircraft and other nations ...
The Savoia-Marchetti SM.82 Marsupiale [2] is an Italian bomber and transport aircraft of World War II. It was a cantilever, mid-wing monoplane trimotor with a retractable, tailwheel undercarriage. There were 875 [3] (plus one prototype) built, the first entering service in 1940.
Pages in category "World War II Italian transport aircraft" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C.
In 1934, Italian aircraft manufacturer Savoia-Marchetti started work on what would become the SM.79. The design team was headed by aeronautical engineer Alessandro Marchetti. [ 7 ] It had originally been conceived as a fast monoplane transport aircraft, capable of accommodating up to eight passengers and of being used in air racing (such as the ...
The aircraft were used in passenger service. On 22 December 1937, one broke the speed record over 1,000 kilometres (620 mi), at 322.089 km/h (200.137 mph). [2] When Italy entered World War II in 1940, they were put into service as military transport aircraft for the Regia Aeronautica.
The Savoia-Marchetti SM.81 Pipistrello (Italian: bat) was the first three-engine bomber/transport aircraft serving in the Italian Regia Aeronautica. [2] When it appeared in 1935, it represented a real step ahead in Italian military aviation: it was fast, well armed and had a long range. [2]
It served as a transport and postal aircraft with the Italian airline "Ala Littoria". It established 10 world records in 1936 and another 10 in 1937. [ 3 ] During World War II it was used as a reconnaissance aircraft, bomber and air-sea rescue plane, by the Italian Regia Aeronautica and Regia Marina , Aeronautica Cobelligerante del Sud ...
The Savoia-Marchetti SM.75 Marsupiale (Italian: marsupial) was an Italian passenger and military transport aircraft of the 1930s and 1940s. It was a low-wing, trimotor monoplane of mixed metal and wood construction with a retractable tailwheel undercarriage.