Fiat CR.42 Falco facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Fiat CR.42 Falco.

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".

Images for kids

Fiat CR.42
A preserved Fiat CR.42
A Fiat CR.42 in Regia Aeronautica service.
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
A CR.42, 82a Squadriglia 13° Gruppo 2° Stormo. C. T., Gambut airfield, September 1940
A wrecked CR.42 at Bardia, 1940
Wrecked fighters in a destroyed hangar at Tripoli-Castel Benito Airport, Tripoli, Libya, early 1943
A Hungarian CR.42 in 1943
Preserved CR.42 in Swedish Air Force markings
A Swedish Air Force J 11
Fiat CR.42 MM5701 at the RAF Museum, London (November 2011)
Fv2542 (G-CBLS), owned by The Fighter Collection, 2018