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Piaggio P.108 (The Italian Wannabe B-17)

Italy's Big Bomber. Actually it was a bomber, passenger & cargo transport and big-gunned, anti-shipping torpedo plane too!
Aviation Week

Piaggio, Saab Take On Ambitious Maritime Patrol Aircraft Program

FARNBOROUGH — Piaggio is teaming with Saab to develop a new maritime patrol aircraft (MPA) based on a highly modified version of its P.180 Avanti II business aircraft. At the Farnborough air show on ...