what is it?
The Fiat B.R. 1/4 was a light bomber series, developed in Italy shortly after World War I.
How to recognise it: 1 engine · 17.3 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 108 years ago, in 1918.
- Top speed is 1.8× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 17.3 m: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Range of 1,000 km: 6× Amsterdam to Brussels.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1918
- number built
- 250
- role
- bomber
- makers
- Fiat Aviazione
- engines
- 1× Fiat A.25
- length
- 10.7 m
- wingspan
- 17.3 m
- height
- 3.9 m
- max take-off weight
- 4,195 kg
- top speed
- 240 km/h
- range
- 1,000 km
- ceiling
- 6,250 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q3744432, Wikipedia: Fiat B.R. (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.