- Design and development
- Operational history
- Operators
- Specifications
- References
- External links
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The Piaggio P.16 was an Italian heavy bomber designed and built by Piaggio for the Regia Aeronautica (Italian Royal Air Force). Design and developmentThe P.16 was a three-engine shoulder-wing monoplane of mostly metal construction, with inverted gull wings.[1] Its wing was thick and semi-elliptical, and its tail was mounted high on the fuselage. It had retractable main landing gear and a spatted, non-retractable tailwheel.[1] In addition to bombs, its armament consisted of four 7.62-millimeter (0.3-inch) machine guns, of which two were mounted in the leading edge of the wing, one in a retractable dorsal turret, and one in the rear of the fuselage beneath the tail.[1] The bombardier (bomb-aimer) manned a compartment set behind the nose engine on the underside of the fuselage. Operational historyThe P.16 first flew in November 1934,[1] and an order for 12 aircraft was placed and then cancelled,[1] with preference given to the Piaggio P.32, which was produced from 1936 to 1939.[1] Operators- {{flag|Kingdom of Italy}}
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}}References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 {{cite web|last1=Pearce|first1=William|title=Piaggio P.16 Bomber|url=https://oldmachinepress.com/2015/11/29/piaggio-p-16-bomber/|website=oldmachinepress.com|accessdate=9 May 2016}}
2. ^{{cite book|last=Thompson|first=Jonathan W.|title=Italian Civil and Military aircraft 1930–1945|publisher=Aero Publishers Inc.|location=New York|edition=1st|pages=219–220|isbn=0-8168-6500-0}}
External links{{commons category|Piaggio P.16}}- http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1936/1936%20-%200073.html
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