Cant Z.1007 Alcione

E25215

World War II aircraft medium bomber military aircraft three-engined aircraft

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.

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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	Italian Air Force →
serviceCeiling	around 8000 m →
status	retired →
successor	Cant Z.1018 Leone →
usedBy	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 theatre of World War II →
variant	Cant Z.1007bis →
wingType	cantilever wing →

Referenced by (1)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Regia Aeronautica →	usedAircraft