Macchi M.5

Macchi M.5

Role	Single-seat fighter flying boat Type of aircraft
National origin	Italy
Manufacturer	Nieuport-Macchi
First flight	1917
Introduction	1917
Primary user	Italian Navy Aviation
Number built	244

The Macchi M.5 was an Italian single-seat fighter flying boat designed and built by Nieuport-Macchi at Varese. It was extremely manoeuvrable and agile and matched the land-based aircraft it had to fight.^[1]

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Development

The first prototype of a single-seat sesquiplane fighter was the Type M which first flew in 1917. Developed by engineers Buzio and Calzavera it had a single-step hull and an open cockpit forward of the wings and was similar to the earlier Macchi M.3. It was followed by another prototype with a revised tail unit designated the Ma and further developed as the M bis and Ma bis. The production aircraft was designated the M.5 and like the prototypes was powered by a single Isotta Fraschini V.4B engine in pusher configuration. Deliveries soon commenced in the summer of 1917 to the Aviazione per la Regia Marina (Italian Navy Aviation). Late production aircraft had a more powerful Isotta Fraschini V.6 engine and redesigned wingtip floats, they were designated M.5 mod. Macchi produced 200 aircraft and another 44 were built by Società Aeronautica Italiana.

Operational history

During World War I, the M.5 was operated by five Italian maritime patrol squadrons as a fighter and convoy escort, and some were embarked on the Regia Marina seaplane carrier Giuseppe Miraglia. Towards the end of World War I, M.5 aircraft were flown by both United States Navy and United States Marine Corps airmen. For his actions while flying an M.5 over the Adriatic Sea off the coast of Austria-Hungary on 21 August 1918, U.S. Navy Ensign Charles Hammann, an enlisted pilot at the time, received the first Medal of Honor awarded to a United States naval aviator.^[2]

In 1923, when the Regia Aeronautica was formed, 65 M.5s were still in service, although they all had been scrapped within a few years.

Operators

Kingdom of Italy

United States

Brazil

Brazilian Navy – Twelve Brazilian pilots trained in these aircraft, but the war ended before they could participate it.^{[citation needed]}

Specifications (Macchi M.5)

Data from ^[1]

General characteristics

Crew: one
Length: 8.08 m (26 ft 6 in)
Wingspan: 11.90 m (39 ft 0.5 in)
Height: 2.85 m (9 ft 4.5 in)
Wing area: 28 m² (301.4 sq ft)
Empty weight: 720 kg (1,587 lb)
Gross weight: 990 kg (2,183 lb)
Powerplant: 1 × Isotta Fraschini V.4B inline piston engine , 119 kW (160 hp)

Performance

Maximum speed: 189 km/h (117 mph, 102 kn)
Endurance: 3 hours 40 minutes
Service ceiling: 6,200 m (20,340 ft)

Armament

2 × fixed, forward-facing .303 British (7.7 mm) Vickers machine guns

References

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^ ^a ^b Orbis 1985, page 2393
^ "Macchi M.5".

Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions.
The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982–1985). Orbis Publishing.

v t e Nieuport-Macchi/Macchi/Aermacchi aircraft
Nieuport-Macchi	Ni.4 Ni.6 Parasol Ni.10 Ni.11 Ni.17 Ni.29
Macchi	L.1 L.2 M.3 M.4 M.5 M.6 M.7 M.8 M.9 M.12 M.14 M.15 M.16 M.17 M.18 M.19 M.20 M.24 M.26 M.33 M.39 M.40 M.41 M.52 M.53 M.67 M.70 M.71 M.C.72 M.C.73 M.C.77 M.C.94 M.C.99 M.C.100 M.C.200 M.C.201 M.C.202 M.C.205 M.B.308 M.B.320 M.B.323
Aermacchi	MB-326 MB-335 MB-338 MB-339 MB-340 M-311/M-345
Joint ventures	AM.3 AMX M-346
Purchased designs	AL-60 S-211 SF.260 M-290

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