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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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.22...
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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 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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(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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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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that they equipped 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...
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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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maximum speed that was 33 km/h (21 mph) faster than its contemporary, the Fiat CR.42 biplane.[citation needed] According to aviation author Gianni Cattaneo...
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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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fighter ace of World War II; he achieved all his air victories flying the Fiat CR.42 biplane. He is credited with 16 confirmed air victories (20, according...
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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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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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Fayence-Tourettes Airfield was an air force base. On 13 June 1940, 12 Italian Fiat CR.42 Falcos from 151° Gruppo of 53° Stormo attacked the airfield, destroying...
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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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500 ft). A.74 R.C.42 With reduction gear and supercharger, rated altitude 4,200 m (13,800 ft). CANSA FC.20 Fiat CR.42 Fiat G.50 Fiat RS.14 Ikarus Orkan...
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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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formation of 10 BR.20s from 43° Stormo, escorted by Fiat CR.42 biplane fighters – but not by the Fiat G.50s – on a daylight raid on Harwich, was intercepted...
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series Falco Grice, a character from the anime series Attack on Titan Fiat CR.42 Falco, Italian World War II biplane fighter aircraft Reggiane Re.2000...
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79, 1 Fiat BR.20 15th Stormo: 35 SM.79, 8 Savoia-Marchetti SM.81, 3 BR.20 33rd Stormo: 31 SM.79 Fighter 2nd Stormo: 36 Fiat CR.32, 25 Fiat CR.42 50th Stormo:...
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d'Azur region of southeastern France. On 13 June 1940, 12 Italian fighters FIAT CR.42, from 151° Gruppo of 53° Stormo, of Regia Aeronautica, attacked the airfield...
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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.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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19 June 1940, when F/O P.G. Wykeham-Barnes reported shooting down two Fiat CR.42 Falcos. The 109 was faster, had a better climb and much better altitude...
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This number included further Fiat G.50 fighters, as well as six Fiat CR.42 biplane fighters. Some CANT Z.1007 and Fiat BR.20 bombers were also added...
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Caproni-Bergamaschi Ca.310 Libeccio Fiat BR.20M Cicogna Fiat CR.32bis Fiat CR.42 AS Falco Fiat G.8 Fiat G.12T Fiat G.50bis Freccia Fiat RS.14B Macchi MC.200 Saetta...
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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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several monoplanes such as the Fiat G.50 Freccia, but being short on funds, were forced to continue operating obsolete Fiat CR.42 Falco biplanes. From the early...
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Z.506S Airone Douglas C47A Skytrain Fiat C.29 Fiat CR.32 Fiat CR.42 Falco Fiat G.49 Fiat G.55 Fiat G.59 4B Fiat G.212 Fieseler Fi 156 Grumman HU-16A...
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