Victory at Sea: Breda Ba.201 dive bomber flights extras such as the Tower of

such as the Tower of Hercules in northern Spain

and proved most useful

It could carry nine soldiers and their equipment in addition to the pilot (four passengers facing forwards and four facing the rear)

Fire ship tactics enjoyed most success against harboured or anchored enemies

under their tough and charismatic leader – Brigadier General Frank Merrill – soon earned their famous name

Victory at Sea: Breda Ba.201 dive bomber flights extras such as the Tower ofThe first purpose built dive bomber developed for the Regia Aeronautica, the Ba. 201 was a clean low wing monoplane with an inverted gull wing. Highly praised by test pilots, except for a disappointing maximum speed, development work was expanded to include a carrier based derivative to be deployed on the carrier Aquila. Unfortunately, all available Daimler Benz DB 601 engines were to be used for fighters, and without a suitable replacement,