FIAT G.50 Freccia
The fighter still possessed inadequate speed and firepower, forcing most pilots to prefer the Macchi C.200. Several attempts were made to modernize the G.50 such as the the G.50ter in July 17, 1940...
View ArticleFIAT CR.42 Falco
The FIAT CR. 42s operating with C.A.I. were fifty, belonging to 18° Gruppo. On 10/19/40 they transferred on to the Belgian airfield of Ursel. The first action took place on 10/29, when 39 CR.42s...
View ArticleFIAT CR.32
A biplane with wings of unequal span resulting from development of the CR-30, using the same fabric covered tubular metal structure - aluminum for the wings, steel and aluminum for the fuselage. W-type...
View ArticleFIAT CR.25
Designed and built by Celestino Rosatelli's team in 1937, the CR25 showed itself to be one of the best Fiat's productions in the multipurpose field. The CR25 - a solid, elegant and well-finished...
View ArticleEurope to Japan: An Italian Triumph
The whole flight, upon repeated requests of the Japanese, had to be kept secret, but the news came out five days later on Italian newspapers and the Japanese immediately decided to stop any further...
View ArticleGraziani vs. Rommel
Graziani and Rommel led two very different armies in the North Africa front, and in turn, the options they had were not the same. To base any comparison between the success of Erwin Rommel and the...
View ArticleOperation Pedestal
Off of Cape Bon, in the middle of the night, Italian E-Boats launched their angry attack on the convoy. Their first victim was the cruiser Manchester, which was immobilized after a direct hit by 2...
View ArticleAces of the Regia Aeronautica
In Italy unlike most of the other warring nations, the idea of hero worship was frowned upon, unless of course it was directly related to the Fascist party and in that case you usually had to have been...
View ArticleItaly’s First Jet: Campini-Caproni CC.2
The Campini Caproni CC2 jet, also known as the Campini-Caproni N.1, was the first jet to come out of Italy.
View ArticleItalian Divisional Organizations tipo Africa Settentrionale (A.S.)
In Libya, the Italian military forces were organized under the Comando Superiore Forze Armate Africa Settentrionale (A.S).
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