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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.
Ref The World War II Heritage of Ladd Field, CEMML, Colorado State University- Chapter 4.0 Cold Weather Test – p. 22; "One of the B-17s was lost in a February crash that took the lives of the eight men on board. They had been en route to Wright Field via Sacramento, carrying records and reports of the station.
At an altitude of 20,000 feet, this was the highest fatal World War II training accident in Nebraska. One bomber crashed in the adjoining farm fields of Frank Hromadka Sr. and Anna Matejka, 2 miles N and ½ mile E of Milligan, Nebraska. The other crashed in the farmyard of Mike and Fred Stech, 3 miles N and 2 miles E of Milligan.
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.
A head-on view of a SM.79. The SM.79 was a cantilever low-wing monoplane trimotor, with a retractable taildragger undercarriage. [17] The fuselage used a welded tubular steel frame structure, which was covered with duralumin on the forward section, a mixture of duralumin and plywood across the upper fuselage surface, and fabric for all of the other exterior surfaces.
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]
Nachtjagdgeschwader 3, was the last Axis aircraft to crash on British soil during World War II. Confused by auto headlights, the fighter hit a tree while attacking the airfield at RAF Elvington and crashed at Sutton upon Derwent, Yorkshire; all four crew members were killed. Two other Ju 88s crashed in separate incidents at 1:37 and 1:45 am.