Breda Ba.27
Breda Ba.27 | |
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Type: | Fighter plane |
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First flight: |
1933 |
Number of pieces: |
14th |
The Breda Ba.27 Metallico (= The Metallene) was a single-engine Italian fighter from 1934.
history
The aircraft design was influenced by the American Travel Air Model R Mystery S from 1929. The Breda Ba.27 had a metal frame, but was clad with wood. The landing gear was rigid and the cockpit was open. The Ba.27 could easily be confused with the later Boeing P-26 . It was also the first Italian low-wing aircraft .
The first prototypes flew in 1934 and still had a Bristol-Jupiter IV engine. On June 21, 1934 the machine reached 351 km / h. However, the prototypes were revised and the cockpit position moved forward. The new machine got a radial engine Bristol Mercury VI A, which was built under license by Alfa Romeo .
One machine was handed over to the 86th Squadrilia d'Assalto for test purposes in 1936. However, there was never an Italian serial order. Instead, Breda sold 18 copies to the Chinese government, of which only eleven were delivered until the outbreak of the Second Sino-Japanese War on July 7, 1937.
The Italians had previously founded the SINAW (Sino-Italian National Aircraft Works) in Nanchang . This was an amalgamation of the Italian aircraft manufacturers (Breda, Caproni, Fiat and Savoia). The aircraft plant in Nanchang had to be closed on December 9, 1937 because of the Japanese attacks.
The eleven Breda Ba.27 machines belonged to the 7th Pursuit Squadron of the Chinese Air Force . However, nothing is known about their missions in the war against Japan.
Military use
Technical specifications
Parameter | Data |
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crew | 1 |
length | 7.67 m |
Wingspan | 10.80 m |
Wing area | 18.85 m² |
height | 3.81 m |
drive | 1 × nine cylinder - radial engine Bristol Mercury VI A 654 horsepower (481 kW), license production of Alfa Romeo |
Top speed | 380 km / h |
Range | 750 km |
Service ceiling | 9000 m |
Empty mass | 1320 kg |
Max. Takeoff mass | 1790 kg |
Armament | 2 × 7.7 mm MG Breda SAFAT |
See also
literature
- Michael JH Taylor: Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. Studio Editions, London 1989, p. 195.
- World Aircraft Information Files. File 890 Sheet 77, Bright Star Publishing, London.