04/21/2025. Remarks by Johan Visschedijk: "Under engineer Corradino Di Ascanio, Pomilio also produced the Pomilio PF, a two-seat biplane reconnaissance aircraft evolved from the previous Gamma fighter design. The PF was fitted with a 300 hp Fiat A.12 engine. The PF was faster than contemporary fighters then in service with the Italians. With this new airplane Mario de Bernardi reached a speed of 149 mph (240 kmh). The PF carried a powerful defensive armament of two synchronized machine guns fired by the pilot and one or two machine guns on a flexible mount fired by the observer.

The PF was the first Italian reconnaissance aircraft to have its cameras mounted inside the fuselage; it actually had three cameras one with a focal length of 500 mm. Although flight testing in May to June 1918 revealed the PF to have superior performance, it was not built in series, because the Società Anonima per Costruzione Aeronautiche Ing. O. Pomilio & C. (Ing. O. Pomilio & C. Aircraft Construction Company Ltd.) was absorbed by the Ansaldo firm. After the Pomilio company had been absorbed by Ansaldo, the Pomilio technicians produced a version of the PF which became the Ansaldo A.300.

Span: 34 ft 9.3 in (10.30 m)
Length: 26 ft 3.0 in (8.00 m)
Loaded weight: 3307 lb (1,500 kg)
Max speed: 149 mph (240 kmh)
Endurance: 3 hr 30 min