SW - Aeronautica Lombarda AR

With the entry of Italy into the Second World War, the aero naval forces faced the large units of the Mediterranean Fleet , the fleet of the British Royal Navy. To make up for the operational shortcomings, the leaders of the Regia Aeronautica, which maintained control of air operations also in the naval field, conceived in 1942 the ARP program - adaptation of the Savoia-Marchetti SM79 bombers reached the limit of their operational life by equipping them with a remote radio control system which, normally conducted in the operational area by the crew, was abandoned by the members through parachute launch and remotely piloted by a second aircraft following him.
Despite the failure of this action, military leaders recommended development of ARP with the request, however, to abandon the use of large aircraft in favor of an aircraft specially designed for the purpose. The Aeronautica Lombarda company then developed a simple "Asalto Radioguidado" airplane - with a two 1000kg bombs inside the fuselage it had to take off and aim basic course with a help of pilot who abandoned then the machine through parachute and the rest of its way it was guided by radio operator from the ground. After its bomb attack all the machine was pressumed to be lost.
The first prototype (with double cabin) made its first test flight 13.June of 1943 on the Venegono airport. The next four machines were built then, but the end of summer, when Italian army capitulated, meant also the end of AR project, so this machine was never used in action.