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Fiat CR.42 Falco.
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Fiat CR.42 Falco
Role Fighter aircraft
National origin Italy
Manufacturer Fiat
First flight 1938
Introduction 1939
Status Out of service
Primary user Fascist italian Air Force
Number built 1817

The Fiat CR.42 Falco is a biplane fighter aircraft used by fascist air force in the World War II and before in the Spanish Civil War. Built by Fiat, it was used until 1943. Some of them were captured by Royal Air Force. "Falco" is the Italian word for "falcon".

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  • Fiat CR-42, RAF Museum, Hendon. (11345774513)

    A preserved Fiat CR.42

  • Fiat CR.42

    A Fiat CR.42 in Regia Aeronautica service.

  • Crashed Fiat CR42 near Lowestoft 1940

    CR.42 fighter of 18° Gruppo, 56° Stormo after crash-landing near Lowestoft, Suffolk on 11 November 1940. The pilot successfully evaded three British Hurricanes, but was forced down by a malfunction of his aircraft's variable-pitch propeller

  • CR-42 82a Squadriglia

    A CR.42, 82a Squadriglia 13° Gruppo 2° Stormo. C. T., Gambut airfield, September 1940

  • Wrecked Fiat CR 42 near Bardia 1940

    A wrecked CR.42 at Bardia, 1940

  • Wrecked Italian aircraft at Tripoli 1943

    Wrecked fighters in a destroyed hangar at Tripoli-Castel Benito Airport, Tripoli, Libya, early 1943

  • A Magyar Királyi Honvéd Légierő Fiat Cr-42 típusú vadászgépe. Fortepan 52968

    A Hungarian CR.42 in 1943

  • Fiat CR42 (J-11) 2543 (8038993776)

    A preserved CR.42 in Swedish Air Force markings

  • Fiat CR 42 - J 11

    A Swedish Air Force J 11

  • Fiat CR 42 Falco at RAF Museum London

    Fiat CR.42 MM5701 at the RAF Museum, London (November 2011)

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