Fiat RS.14

The Fiat RS.14 was an Italian long-range maritime strategic reconnaissance floatplane.

The RS.14 was a four/five seat all-metal cantilever low/mid-wing monoplane powered by two wing-mounted 626 kW (840 hp) Fiat A.74 R.C.38 engines.

The RS.14 was designed by Manlio Stiavelli [it] at the CMASA [it] works at Marina di Pisa.

Occasionally they engaged in aerial combat, obtaining unexpected victories such as when, on Saturday 9 May 1942, an RS.14 intercepted Spitfires that took off from the carriers HMS Eagle and USS Wasp, headed for Malta, and machine-gunned two.

At the end of the Second World War the aircraft were used for liaison duties around the Mediterranean carrying up to four passengers.

Fiat RS.14 in bare metal finish
The waist gun positions of a FIAT RS.14