Breda A.8


The Breda A.8 was a prototype twin-engined biplane, designed by Società [Italiana Ernesto Breda], as a night bomber in 1927.

Design and development

The A.8, designed as an improvement to the Breda A.3, was modified to rectify problems experienced with the A.3. When the aircraft was tested using two Lorraine-Dietrich 12Db engines, the results were quite modest. In response, the designers changed to Isotta [Fraschini Asso 500] engines, but the performance was still disappointing and the design was abandoned.