Fiat CR.42 Falco Italy's Famous WWII Biplane Comando Supremo


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The Cr 42 was powered by this Fiat A.74 RIC38 fourteen-cylinder radial engine developing 840 hp. Propeller blades are natural aluminium with black anti-glare backsides. Cooling gills. A curiosity at the opposite side is this panel with "etched-on stencils". The panel covers ammunition and spent cartridge containers.


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Italian aeronautics engineer Celestino Rosatelli was behind Fiat's CR.42 Falco, or "Falcon." The "CR" line, which stands for Caccia Rosatelli ("caccia" means "hunting" in Italian), were all.


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The Fiat CR.42 operated in better conditions on the North African front. The 127 Falco assigned to the 13° Gruppo, 10° Gruppo and 9° Gruppo operated against an enemy equipped with the Gloster Gladiator. The Gladiator can be considered an equivalent biplane fighter. The first dogfight occurred on 19 November 1940 and involved Italian units.


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The Fiat CR.42 Falco ("Falcon", plural: Falchi) was a single-seat sesquiplane fighter developed and produced by Italian aircraft manufacturer Fiat Aviazione. It served primarily in Italy's Regia Aeronautica both before and during the Second World War as a sturdy fighter bi-plane used for ground attack night fighter roles.


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A CR.42 of the 363a Squadriglia, 150° Gruppo, 53° Stormo, during the winter of 1939-1940. 3. Fiat CR.42 MM.5590 was flown by Tenente Zuffi of 150° Gruppo. On 15 June 1940, while strafing the French airfield at Cuers, he was forced to land due to engine trouble and was captured. It was kept at Cuers-Pierrefeu NAS and repainted in a light.


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The Fiat CR.42 Falco ("Falcon", plural: Falchi) was a single-seat sesquiplane fighter developed and produced by Italian aircraft manufacturer Fiat Aviazione. It served primarily in Italy's Regia Aeronautica both before and during the Second World War. The CR.42 was an evolutionary design of Fiat's earlier CR.32 fighter, featuring a more powerful supercharged Fiat A.74R1C.38 air-cooled radial.


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Fiat CR.42 Aces of World War 2. by Hakan Gustavsson and Ludovico Slongo, Osprey Publishing, Oxford, England, 2009, $22.95. When contests are held for the most beautiful fighter of World War II, there are many votes for the Supermarine Spitfire, FockeWulf Fw-190, Messerschmitt Me-262 and others. But if the contest was narrowed down to WWII's.


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The Fiat CR.42 Falco is a single-seat sesquiplane fighter developed and produced by Italian aircraft manufacturer Fiat Aviazione. It served primarily in the Italian Regia Aeronautica in the 1930s and during the Second World War. The CR.42 was an evolution of Fiat's earlier CR.32 fighter, featuring a more powerful supercharged Fiat A.74R1C.38 air-cooled radial engine and aerodynamic.


Fiat CR.42 Falco Italy's Famous WWII Biplane Comando Supremo

Despite its by-gone era appearance, the Fiat CR.42 Falco (meaning "Falcon") played a crucial role in the early war years for Italy, serving as the primary fighter for the Italian air force (Regia Aeronautica. The system was fielded in some quantity with multiple nations and provided some surprising combat capabilities despite the old-school design.


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The Fiat CR.42 Falco ("Falcon", plural:Falchi) was a single-seat sesquiplane fighter which served primarily in Italy's Regia Aeronautica before and during World War II. The aircraft was produced by the Turin firm, and entered service, in smaller numbers, with the air forces of Belgium, Sweden and Hungary. With more than 1,800 built, it was the most widely produced Italian aircraft to take part.


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In service with the Regia Aeronautica, CR.42 were used as day fighters and escort fighters in the Mediterranean theatre and as night fighters for home defence. By 1942, Fiat had managed to raise the top speed tp 518 km/h (322 mph) but the design still fell short in other respects. Biplane fighter production was at an end.


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The Fiat CR.42 employed Warren-type interplane bracing and featured a number of technical improvements, making use of materials such as manganese and molybdenum steel. The fuselage was welded steel-tube faired to an oval section and covered with metal panels forward and fabric aft. The unequal-span wings were rigidly-braced and were of light.


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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.It served primarily in the Italian Regia Aeronautica in the 1930s and during the Second World War.. The CR.42 was an evolution of Fiat's earlier CR.32 fighter, featuring a more powerful supercharged Fiat A.74R1C.38 air-cooled radial.


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The Second World War and biplanes: the two don't really belong together. It was during this dark period that military aviation left behind the biplane design.


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