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Fiat G.12 Regia Aeronautica.
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The Fiat G.12 was an Italian transport aircraft of World War II. The G.12 was an all-metal low-wing cantilever personnel transport aircraft. It had three radial engines, one mounted on the nose and the other two in wing-mounted nacelles. The engines drove three-blade feathering metal propellers. The mainwheels of its landing gear retracted into the nacelles; the tailwheel was fixed. The flight deck and cabin were fully enclosed. Access was via a portside access door aft of the wing.
The G.12 was designed as a civil aircraft, but served mainly in military roles during the war. Only a limited number were built, some as late as 1944, after the Italian armistice. The G.12 inspired the postwar G.212 "Flying Classroom", the last Italian three-engine transporter. It had a crew of four.
Variants
G.12C
14-passenger transport aircraft, powered by three 574 kW (770 hp) Fiat A.74 R.C.42 radial engines.
G.12 Gondar
Long-range cargo transport aircraft.
G.12GA
Long-range transport aircraft, fitted with extra fuel tanks. Three built.
G.12RT
Special long-range version, built to fly between Rome and Tokyo. One built.
G.12RTbis
One built.
G.12T
Troop and cargo transport aircraft.
G.12CA
18-passenger commercial airliner, powered by three Alfa Romeo 128 radial engines.
G.12L
22-passenger commercial airliner.
G.12LA
22-passenger commercial airliner, powered by three Alfa Romeo 128 radial engines.
G.12LB
22-passenger commercial airliner, powered by three 604 kW (810 hp) Bristol Pegasus 48 radial engines.
G.12LP
22-passenger commercial airliner, powered by three 793 kW (1,065 hp) Pratt & Whitney R-1830-S1C3-G Twin Wasp radial engines.
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| Fiat G.12 (I-DALA) Italian civilian airline. |
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| Fiat G.12 (SN.60651) 605th Squadron, 148th Group, Regia Aeronautica. |
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| Fiat G.12. |
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| Fiat G.12 landing. |
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Cockpit of the Fiat G.12
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| Fiat G.12. |
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| Fuselage interior of the Fiat G.12T. |
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| Fiat G.12ΠΆ. |
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| Fiat G.12LA. |
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| Fiat G.12C with three engines Fiat A.74 RC.42 S. |
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| Fiat G.12C, powerplant, three engines FIAT A.74 RC.42 S. |
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| Fiat G.12C, motorcycle console. |
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| Fiat G.12C, instrument panel and left panel. |
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| Fiat G.12C, layout of cabins, fuselage compartments and emergency exits. |
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| Fiat G.12C, main landing gear. |
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| Fiat G.12C, wing console. |
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| Fiat G.12C, center section. |
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| Fiat G.12C, flaps. |
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| Fiat G.12C, aileron control. |
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| Fiat G.12C, cockpit. |
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| Fiat G.12C, radio operator's station. |
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| Fiat G.12 cockpit and radio operator's station. |
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| Fiat G.12 prototype. |
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| Fiat G.12. |
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| Fiat G.12 prototype. |
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| Arrival of reinforcements in Tunis landing from a G.12 of the 605th Squadron in February 1943. |
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Fiat G.12 in Hungarian air force service.
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| Fiat G.12. Note the open hatch on the white identification stripe. |
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| Fiat G.12 of the 601st Squadron, 147th Transport Group. |
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| Detail of the engine cover of a Fiat G.12 in flight over the mountains. |
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| The prototype MM.60649 is assembled with Fiat BR.20s in 1940. |
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| Detail of the fuselage of the prototype assembled in the hall of the Fiat-Aeritalia plant in Turin. |
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| Detail of the Fiat A.74 RC.42 engines on the prototype under completion. |
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| This front view of the prototype highlights the large dimensions of the Fiat G.12. |
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| The prototype MM.60649 rolls onto the Turin-Caselle field at the start of testing. |
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| Interior of the fuselage of a civilian Fiat G.12. |
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| Pilot's cabin of a Fiat G.12 T under construction. |
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| View of the mechanic's post on the left side of the fuselage, behind the cockpit. |
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| View of the mechanic's post on the left side of the fuselage, behind the cockpit. |
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| Tail wheel. |
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| Fiat G.12 tail. |
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| Fiat G.12 horizontal stabilizer and rudder. |
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| Fiat G.12 of the 606th Squadron, 148th Transport Group on the ground at Castel Benito on 17 January 1942. |
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| Fiat G.12 of the 606th Squadron taxiing on the airfield of Rhodes in April 1942. |
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| Soldiers boarding the Fiat G.12 “606-5” at Castelvetrano in June 1942. |
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| Refueling of the Fiat G.12 “606-2” in June 1942 in Castelvetrano. |
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| Fiat G.12 being refueled in August 1942. |
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| MM.60666 I-FELI of the LATI Communications Unit after its landing at Gavdos on 9 November 1942. |
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| Landing of MM.60663 of the 606th Squadron. |
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| Fiat G.12 of the 605th Squadron, 148th Transport Group flying low over the Mediterranean. |
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| Fiat G.12 of 148° Gr.T in Sciacca in the spring of 1943. |
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| Fiat G.12 LGA MM.60665 I-FAUN of the LATI Communications Unit. |
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| Fiat G.12 RT MM.61277 destroyed in Pantelleria. Visible are distinguish extended hoods and lowered fin, with connecting link. |
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| Fiat G.12 of the 2nd Gr.T of the Co-Belligerent Air Force. |
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| Fiat G.12 C. |
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| Fiat G.12 L. |
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| Fiat G.12 LP. |
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| Fiat G.12 LB. |
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| Fiat G.12 LA. |
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| Fiat G.12 of the 605th Squadron, 148th Gr.T. |
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| Fiat G.12 in Hungarian air force service. |
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| Nucleo Comunicazioni LATI - Tobruk, early November 1942. |
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| 606.Squadriglian 148.Gruppo - Sciacca, Sicily, Spring 1943. |
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| Fiat G.12 in Hungarian air force service after crash landing. |
