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    The Fiat CR.42 Falco (Falcon, plural: Falchi) is a single-seat sesquiplane fighter developed and produced by Italian aircraft manufacturer Fiat Aviazione...
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    including the newer Fiat CR.42 Falco which had been derived from the CR.32, the type continued to be flown throughout the conflict. The Fiat CR.32 was designed...
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    R.2 Fiat BR.20 Fiat BRG Fiat C.29 Fiat CR.1 Fiat CR.20 Fiat CR.25 Fiat CR.30 Fiat CR.32 Fiat C.R.33 Fiat C.R.40 Fiat C.R.41 Fiat CR.42 Fiat R.2 Fiat R...
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    The Fiat CR.20 was a biplane fighter designed and produced by the Italian aircraft manufacturer Fiat. It represented an intermediate step from the early...
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    The Fiat G.50 Freccia Arrow was a World War II Italian fighter aircraft that was developed and manufactured by the aviation company Fiat. Upon entering...
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  • had been phased out by that time. Fiat CR.32 Fiat CR.42 Fiat G.50 Freccia Fiat G.55 Macchi C.200 Macchi C.202 Macchi C.205 Reggiane Re.2000 Reggiane Re...
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    The Fiat CR.30 was a 1930s Italian single-seat biplane fighter aircraft designed by Celestino Rosatelli and built by Fiat. The Fiat CR.30 was a new design...
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    The Fiat BR.20 Cicogna ('stork') was a low-wing twin-engine medium bomber that was developed and manufactured by Italian aircraft company Fiat. It holds...
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    altitude 4,200 m (13,800 ft). CANSA FC.20 Fiat CR.42 Fiat G.50 Fiat RS.14 Ikarus Orkan IMAM Ro.57 Macchi C.200 Data from A.74 engine manual Type: 14-cylinder...
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    (2009). Fiat CR.42 Aces of World War 2. Oxford, UK: Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84603-427-5. Gustavsson, Hëkan; Slongo, Ludovico (2009). Fiat CR.42 Aces...
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    1943. As a consequence, Sweden was forced to purchase already obsolete Fiat CR.42 biplanes from Italy as an interim measure, and which were of little value...
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    Fortress and B-24 Liberator. He piloted the biplane Fiat C.R.42 and monoplanes Macchi C.202 and C.205 Veltro. With the Veltro he shot down 14 Allied planes...
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    Dakota" "Fiat BR.20 Cicogna" Ali e Uomini "Fiat BR.20M Cicogna" Ali e Uomini "Fiat CR.32" Ali e Uomini "Fiat C.R.42 Falco" Ali e Uomini "Fiat G.8" "Fiat G.12"...
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  • Model 75 I-struts on a Fokker Dr.1 triplane Warren truss struts on a Fiat C.R.42 Where an aircraft has a wing running clear above the main fuselage, the...
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    Corso-Fougier was appointed Air Officer Commanding. Fiat CR.42 of 18° Gruppo, 56° Stormo. The Italian CR.42 was a manoeuvrable and fast biplane fighter. Despite...
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  • and Regia Aeronautica and later for the Germans. Fiat made fighter aircraft like the biplane CR.42 Falco, which was one of the most common Italian aircraft...
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    The Fiat CR.25 was an Italian twin-engine reconnaissance-fighter aircraft which served in small numbers for the Regia Aeronautica during World War II...
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    Fiat CR.42 Falco and Soviet I-153 sesquiplane fighters were all still operational after 1939. According to aviation author Gianni Cattaneo, the CR.42...
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    planes shot down flying with biplanes Fiat C.R.32, Fiat C.R.42 and monoplanes Macchi C.200, C.202, C.205, Fiat G.50, G.55 and the German Messerschmitt...
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    configuration Gunston 1995, p. 472. Cattaneo 1967, pp. 10-12. "J 11 – Fiat C.R. 42 (1940–1945)". Avrosys.nu. Archived from the original on 5 February 2007...
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    victories and 14 shared destroyed in 276 sorties. Flying the Fiat C.R.42 biplane and Macchi C.202 and C.205 monoplanes, he shot down: a Gloster Gladiator, Bristol...
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    biplane fighters: Fiat CR.32s and CR.42s. On 6 November 1940, in the first hour of the British offensive against Ethiopia, the Fiat CR.42 fighters of the...
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  • Hurricanes, P-40s, P-38 Lightnings, Spitfires and B-17s, flying Fiat C.R.42 biplanes and Macchi C.200/202 monoplanes. His unit was 91a Squadriglia, 10° Gruppo...
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    The Fiat CR.1 was an Italian biplane fighter aircraft of the 1920s. Of wood-and-fabric construction, it was designed by Celestino Rosatelli, from whom...
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    by Fiat. The Fiat G.55 was arguably the best type produced in Italy during World War II, (a subjective claim also frequently made for the Macchi C.205...
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    The Fiat G.91 is a jet fighter aircraft designed and built by the Italian aircraft manufacturer Fiat Aviazione, which later merged into Aeritalia. The...
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    before World War II, but produced only as a prototype, as the competing Fiat CR.42 Falco was selected for series production. Although known for three-engine...
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  • operating from Austria or Germany until the end of the war. Fiat CR.32 – 76-88 used (modified) Fiat CR.42 Falco – 70-72 used (modified) Focke-Wulf Fw 190 (F-8)...
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    success of the Fiat CR.32, persisted in its belief that the biplane could still dominate the sky, and ordered large numbers of Fiat CR.42 Falcos, the last...
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    Minivan - Fiat Ulysse Minivan - Fiat E-Doblò Fiat Panda Fiat 500 Fiat 500 Electric Fiat 500X Fiat Tipo Fiat Ulysse Fiat Mobi Fiat Argo Fiat Cronos Fiat Pulse...
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