| Fiat
G.50 Freccia |
RA
2 £1.00
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| Italy's
first monoplane fighter. It was used widely in north Africa, the Balkans,
the Mediterranean and Britain.
Speed :- 293 mph
Climb :- 3,100 feet per minute
Ceiling :- 35,270 feet
Range :- 438 miles
Armament :- 2x 12.7mm MG
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Spinner - white
Rudder cross - white
Fuselage band-white
Top surfaces - dark olive green
Splotches on a yellow ochre base
Undersides - light grey
Note, there is no white in the wing markings after 1941
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| MC
200 Saetta |
RA
3 £1.00
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Italy's best fighter upon entry into WW2. Later
used as a fighter-bomber in north Africa
Speed :- 312 mph
Climb :- 3,280 feet per minute
Ceiling :- 29,200 feet
Range :- 283 miles
Armament :- 2x 12.7mm MG
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Spinner boss - silver
Fuselage band Rudder cross -white
Top surfaces - dark olive green Mottle on a yellow ochre base
Undersides - light grey
Collector ring - bronze
Wing markings - black
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MC
202
Folgore
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RA
4 £1.00
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| Available
from May 1941. The Folgore was the best, commonly available Italian
fighter of the war.
Speed :- 370 mph
Climb :- 4,920 feet per minute
Ceiling :- 37,730 feet
Range :- 475 miles
Armament :- 2x 12.7mm MG
2x 7.7mm MG
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Spinner boss - yellow ochre
Rudder cross - white
Fuselage band-white
Top surfaces - dark olive green
ringlets on a yellow ochre base
Undersides - light grey
Note that there is no white in the wing markings
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MC
205V
Veltro
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RA
5 £1.00
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The only Italian fighter built in any numbers,
which was capable of taking on the best Allied fighters on equal
terms
Speed :- 399 mph
Climb :- 3,300 feet per minute
Ceiling :- 36,090 feet
Range :- 646 miles
Armament :- 2x 12.7mm MG
2x 20mm cannon
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Spinner - yellow ochre
Top surfaces - dark olive green
ringlets on a yellow ochre base
Undersides - light grey
Collector ring - bronze
Wing markings - black
Note that there are no white in the wing markings. RSI flag fuselage
,tail.
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Re
2001
Falco II
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RA
6 £1.00
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Available from May 1942. The Re 2001 was a widely
used fighter-bomber and night fighter.
Speed :- 350 mph
Climb :- 3,600 feet per minute
Ceiling :- 36,745 feet
Range :- 590 miles
Armament :- 2x 12.7mm MG
2x 7.7mm MG
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Spinner & Top surfaces - dark olive green
Rudder cross - white
Fuselage band-white
Undersides - light grey
Wing walk - black
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| Fiat
BR20M
Cicogna |
RA
7 £1.95
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The BR20 entered service in 1936 & was operated
in Spain from mid 1937. By the beginning of WW2 the BR20M was in
production. It was used over the Balkans, Malta, the western desert
& Britain. Small numbers were used in Russia in support of the
CSIR. Japan used the BR20 over Manchuria.
Speed :- 267 mph
Climb :- 1,874 feet per minute
Ceiling :- 24,935 feet
Range :- 1,194 miles
Armament :- 1x 12.7mm MG
2x 7.7mm MG
Up to 1,600Kg of bombs
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Rudder cross - white
Fuselage band -white
Undersides - light grey
Top surfaces - overall yellow ochre, mottled with olive green.
Later in the war, for night bombing, the top surfaces were often
overall olive green with the undersurfaces & markings over painted
in black.
1942 on , no white wing markings
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| SM
79 Sparviero |
RA
8 £1.95
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Entering service in 1936 the SM79 became the
most famous Italian bomber of WW2. It was used in all Italian theatres
of operation except Britain & Russia. It gained greatest fame
when used by Italy's elite Aerosilurante, in anti shipping strikes
in the Mediterranean. Not the torpedo was attached under the port
wing root.
Speed :- 267 mph
Climb :- 1,093 feet per minute
Ceiling :- 21,325 feet
Range :- 2,050 miles
Armament :- 3x 12.7mm MG
1x 7.7mm MG
Up to 1,600Kg of bombs, or 1 torpedo
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Rudder cross - white
Fuselage band - white
Undersides - light grey
Top surfaces - overall yellow ochre, mottled with olive green or
mottled with olive green & red/brown. Torpedo aircraft overall
dark blue/grey with light blue/grey undersides .
Collector rings - bronze.
1942 on , no white wing markings
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| CANT
Z1007 |
RA
9 £2.20
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Twin tailed version of this, the most modern Italian bomber in
use when Italy entered the war.
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Leading Edge Miniatures
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