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| Ba.27 | |
|---|---|
 Metallico | |
| General information | |
| Type | Fighter |
| Manufacturer | Breda |
| Primary user | Chinese Nationalist Air Force |
| Number built | 14 |
| History | |
| First flight | 1933 |
| Variant | Breda Ba.65 |
TheBreda Ba.27 was afighter produced inItaly in the 1930s, used by theChinese Nationalist Air Force in theSecond Sino-Japanese War.
The Ba.27 was a low-wing bracedmonoplane with fixedtailwheel undercarriage. As originally designed, the Ba.27 had afuselage of steel tube construction, skinned with light corrugated alloy metal, and wooden wings andtailplane. Evaluation of the twoprototypes by theRegia Aeronautica in 1933 was strongly negative, resulting in an extensive redesign of the aircraft. The fuselage shape was made more rounded and the pilot's opencockpit was moved higher and forward to improve visibility. The corrugated skinning was also replaced with smoothsheet metal.
Aprototype of this revised version, known as theMetallico, was first flown in June1934, but Regia Aeronautica's appraisal was only a little more positive.
Despite the lack of domestic interest, the type was ordered by theRepublic of China for use againstJapan. Out of eighteen machines ordered, only eleven were actually delivered.
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