page_title: Piaggio P.111
section_title: Operational history
hierarchical_section_title: Piaggio P.111 / Design and development / Operational history
caption_attribution_description: English: Italian Piaggio P.111 high-altitude research aircraft
context_page_description: The Piaggio P.111 was an Italian high-altitude research aircraft designed and built by Piaggio for the Regia Aeronautica.
context_section_description: The P.111 first flew on 9 April 1941. Employed in research related to pressurization of the cabin of the Piaggio P.108 heavy bomber, it made 110 test and research flights before being retired and scrapped early in 1943.
caption: A Piaggio company photograph of the P.111 at Villanova d'Albenga, Savona, Italy, in 1941.
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