what is it?
The Breda Ba.64 was an Italian single-engine ground-attack aircraft used by the Regia Aeronautica during the 1930s. Designed by Antonio Parano and Giuseppe Panzeri, it saw limited service in two units from 1936, together with the contemporary Caproni A.P.1. It was retired from active service in 1939, replaced by the more powerful derivative, the Ba.65.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 12.1 m wingspan
base stats
Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).
fun facts
- First flew 92 years ago, in 1934.
- Top speed is 2.8× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 12.1 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1934
- introduced
- 1937
- retired
- 1939
- status
- retired
- number built
- 42
- role
- ground attack aircraft
- makers
- Breda
- engines
- 1× Alfa Romeo 125 R.C.35 / Alfa 125 R.C.35
- crew
- 2
- length
- 9.7 m
- wingspan
- 12.1 m
- height
- 3.1 m
- max take-off weight
- 3,034 kg
- top speed
- 363 km/h
- range
- 900 km
- ceiling
- 7,000 m
- wings
- monoplane
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1069860, Wikipedia: Breda Ba.64 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.