Cant Z.1007 Alcione

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The Cant Z.1007 Alcione was an Italian World War II three-engined medium bomber widely employed by the Regia Aeronautica in various Mediterranean and Balkan campaigns.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
CANT Z.1007 Alcione 3
CANT Z.1007 2
Cant Z.1007 Alcione canonical 2

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II aircraft
medium bomber
military aircraft
three-engined aircraft
aircraftConfiguration conventional tailwheel undercarriage
low-wing monoplane
aircraftRole bomber
maritime patrol aircraft
armament defensive machine guns
bombLoad about 1200 kg
constructionMaterial wood
countryOfOrigin Kingdom of Italy
crew 5
engineType piston engine
era 1930s
1940s
firstFlight 1937
fuselageType slender fuselage
introduced late 1930s
manufacturer CANT
Cantieri Aeronautici e Navali Triestini
maximumSpeed around 460 km/h
nameMeaning Kingfisher
nationality Italian
nickname Alcione
numberBuilt over 500
numberOfEngines 3
powerplant Piaggio P.XI radial engine
primaryUser Regia Aeronautica
range around 2000 km
serviceBranch Aeronautica Militare
surface form: Italian Air Force
serviceCeiling around 8000 m
status retired
successor Cant Z.1018 Leone
usedBy Italian Social Republic Air Force
surface form: Aeronautica Nazionale Repubblicana

Croatian Air Force
Luftwaffe
Regia Aeronautica
usedInConflict World War II
usedInOperation Italian invasion of Greece
bombing of Malta
operations over Yugoslavia
usedInTheater Balkan theatre of World War II
Mediterranean Theater of Operations
surface form: Mediterranean theatre of World War II
variant Cant Z.1007bis
wingType cantilever wing

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Regia Aeronautica usedAircraft Cant Z.1007 Alcione
CANT aircraftModelProduced Cant Z.1007 Alcione
this entity surface form: CANT Z.1007
CANT aircraftModelProduced Cant Z.1007 Alcione
this entity surface form: CANT Z.1007 Alcione
Cant Z.1007bis developedFrom Cant Z.1007 Alcione
this entity surface form: Cant Z.1007
Piaggio P.XI radial engine powerPlantFor Cant Z.1007 Alcione
subject surface form: Piaggio P.XI
this entity surface form: CANT Z.1007 (early versions)
Alcione refersTo Cant Z.1007 Alcione
this entity surface form: CANT Z.1007
Cant Z.1018 Leone designedAsSuccessorTo Cant Z.1007 Alcione
Filippo Zappata notableWork Cant Z.1007 Alcione
this entity surface form: CANT Z.1007 Alcione
Filippo Zappata designed Cant Z.1007 Alcione
this entity surface form: CANT Z.1007 Alcione