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The Savoia-Pomilio SP.2 was a reconnaissance and bomber aircraft built in Italy during the First World War.
[Taylor 1989, p.793] It was a refined version of the
SP.1, and like it, took its basic configuration from the
Farman MF.11
The Maurice Farman MF.11 ''Shorthorn'' is a French aircraft developed before World War I by the Farman Aviation Works. It was used as a reconnaissance and light bomber during the early part of World War I, later being relegated to training duti ...
: a biplane with twin tails and a fuselage nacelle that accommodated the crew and a pusher-mounted engine.
[''The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft'' p.2897] The SP.2 entered mass production with
SIA, and with co-designer
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*Ottorino Barassi (1898–1971), Italian sports official
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own firm that he had recently established.
Around 300 examples were produced, and by spring 1917, these equipped twelve front-line squadrons of the
Aeronautica Militare
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Of these machines, about a dozen participated in trials of the
Revelli-FIAT 25 mm cannon before production of this weapon was discontinued.
[Williams 2005]
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Savoia-Pomilio aircraft
1910s Italian military reconnaissance aircraft
1910s Italian bomber aircraft
Biplanes
Aircraft first flown in 1916