Gustavsson and Slongo's Fiat CR.42 Aces of World War 2 (Aircraft of the Aces 90) and Andrew Thomas' Gloster Gladiator Aces (Aircraft of the Aces 44) feature details of additional users and operations. Note, for instance, that Belgium flew both types – and that Finland almost did!
British and Italian biplanes clashed over the Mediterranean at Crete and Malta, and in East and North Africa early in World War II. Both the Gloster Gladiator and the Fiat CR.42 Falco represented the peak in the development of the biplane fighter, which could trace its lineage back to World War I.
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
THE KIT As soon as the Italeri 1/48 Fiat CR.42 was released, I acquired a copy to build my first CR.42. However the kit only contains markings for the German night attack version, providing no options to construct an Italian aircraft (not to mention the air inlet on the engine cowling is not adapted to the Italian subject).
Belgian Air Force Gloster Gladiator F.Mk.1 Fiat CR42 'Falco' Number: 32017 Scale: 1:32 Type: Decalset Markings Fiat CR.42 Falco Militair Vliegwezen-Aéronautique Militaire (Belgian Air Force 1925-1940) 3 Esc. Red Cocotte, II Groupe, 2 Rég. d'Aéro R-1 1940 - Nivelles; 4 Esc., II Groupe, 2 Rég. d'Aéro R-17 1940 - Nivelles. Gloster Gladiator
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