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The Fiat G.12 was an Italian transport aircraft of World War II.
Fiat G.12 | |
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Fiat G.12 | |
Role | Civil airliner & military transport |
Manufacturer | Fiat |
Designer | Giuseppe Gabrielli |
First flight | 15 October 1940 |
Introduction | 1941 |
Retired | 1956[1] |
Primary users | Regia Aeronautica Luftwaffe Royal Hungarian Air Force |
Produced | 1941-1944 |
Number built | 104[2] |
The G.12 was an all-metal low-wing cantilever personnel transport aircraft. It had three radial engines, one mounted on the nose and the other two in wing-mounted nacelles. The engines drove three-blade feathering metal propellers. The mainwheels of its landing gear retracted into the nacelles; the tailwheel was fixed. The flight deck and cabin were fully enclosed. Access was via a portside access door aft of the wing.
The G.12 was designed as a civil aircraft, but served mainly in military roles during the war. Only a limited number were built, some as late as 1944, after the Italian armistice. The G.12 inspired the postwar G.212 "Flying Classroom", the last Italian three-engine transporter. It had a crew of four.
Data from World Encyclopedia of Military Aircraft [5]
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