Società Italiana Ernesto Breda, Milan engineering company, was given 1916 contract to build Caproni bombers. Then followed profusion of original designs, covering many aircraft categories: A.2 cantilever monoplane 1921 for touring (130 hp) or reconnaissance (250 hp); A.3 4-engined heavy bomber; A.4 primary trainer (50 built); A.7 reconnaissance monoplane; A.8 twin-engined bomber; A.9 and A.10 advanced trainers; A.14 3-engined bomber; Ba.15 cabin tourer; A.16 long-range recon.; Ba.19 aerobatic trainer; Ba.25 mass-produced (719 plus over 30 exports) biplane trainer; Ba.27 monoplane fighter; Ba.28 aerobatic trainer; Ba.33 touring monoplane; Ba.39 and 42 touring monoplanes; Ba.44 twin-engined transport; Ba.64 attack/recon. monoplane; Ba.65 attack aircraft (275 built); Ba.75 attack/recon.; Ba.82 medium bomber; Ba.88 Lince attack aircraft; and Ba.201 dive-bomber. Company survived war and flew prototype Breda-Zappata BZ.308 airliner (August 1948) and Breda-Pittoni B.P.471 transport (1950).