Fiat CR 42 Falco

The Fiat C.R.42 Falco ("Falcon") was a single seat fighter biplane with the upper wing larger than the lower (a sesquiplane) produced by Turin firm at the end of the 1930s. It served as the primary fighter aircraft of Italy's Regia Aeronautica at the outbreak of World War II and was in service, in smaller numbers, with the air forces of Belgium, Sweden, Hungary and Finland.

Fiat CR.42 Falco 

Italian 1930s fighter biplane aircraft family
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Instance of	aircraft family
Subclass of	fighter biplane land-based aircraft fighter
Country of origin	Italy
Has use	air superiority fighter
Operator	Italian Air Force Royal Italian Air Force Hungarian Air Force Air Component Luftwaffe
Based on	CR.32
Manufacturer	Fiat Aviazione
Developer	Fiat
First flight	23 May 1938
Service retirement	1948
Powered by	Fiat A.74 R1C.38
Length	8.3 m
Height	3.3 m
Wingspan	9.7 m
Total produced	1,782
Authority file  Q141640 Library of Congress authority ID: sh85046948 NL CR AUT ID: ph616540 J9U ID: 987012431004105171 Reasonator Scholia Wikidocumentaries KML file Search depicted

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  The C.R.42 Falco in CAI livery on display at Royal Air Force Museum - Hendon - London
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  Another picture of the same airplane

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  The C.R.42 "White 9", named J11 in Swedish Air Force service, on display in 1976
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  Another the "White 9" on dislay at the Swedish Air Force Museum (in Swedish Flygvapenmuseum) located near Linköping, Sweden.

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  A night fighter version and a Corpo Aereo Italiano aircraft
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  A preserved Regia Aeronautica C.R.42 and a Svenska Flygvapnet version
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  An African-based C.R.42 and an advanced training aircraft
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  An African-based Regia Aeronautica C.R.42 and a Luftwaffe French-based aircraft