List of Regia Aeronautica aircraft used in World War II
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A list of aircraft used by Italy during World War II until its capitulation to the Allies in September 1943. After that Italy was divided in two states, the Axis Italian Social Republic in the north and the Allied Italian kingdom in the south. Both countries had their own Air Force fitted with formerly used Italian aircraft and other nation's planes. Meanwhile, the Italian National Republican Air Force continued fighting against the Allies till the last months of 1945, and the Italian co-belligerant Air Force begun operation against the Nazi forces in the Balkans. Aircraft marked in pink were captured, while aircraft in blue did not progress past prototypes.
Aircraft[]
Aircraft Model | Name | Role | 1st flight |
Service entry |
# Used | Refs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aeronautica Lombarda AL-12P | - | glider | 1943 | 1943 | 16 | |
Aeronautica Umbra Trojani AUT.18 | - | fighter | 1939 | n/a | 1 | |
- | flying bomb | 1943 | n/a | 5 | ||
Ambrosini CVV-6 Canguro | - | glider | 1941 | 1943 | 36 | |
Ambrosini S.7T | - | trainer | 1939 | 1943 | 10 | [1] |
Ambrosini SAI.10 | Grifone (griffon) |
trainer | 1939 | 1940 | 10 | |
Ambrosini SAI.207 | - | fighter | 1941 | 1942 | 14 | |
Ambrosini SAI.403 | Dardo (dart) |
fighter | 1943 | n/a | 1 | |
Ambrosini SS.4 | - | fighter | 1939 | n/a | 1 | |
Arado Ar 96B-2 | - | trainer | 1938 | 1943 | 2 | |
AVIA FL.3 | - | trainer | 1939 | 1940 | 335 | [2] |
Breda Ba.25 | - | trainer | 1931 | 1932 | 763 | [3] |
Breda Ba.28 | - | trainer | 1936 | 1938 | 59 | |
Breda Ba.39 | - | liaison | 1932 | n/a | 60 | |
Breda Ba.44 | - | transport | 1934 | 1936 | 5 | [4] |
Breda Ba.64 | - | ground attack | 1935 | 1937 | 42 | [5] |
Breda Ba.65 | - | ground attack | 1935 | 1937 | 200 | [6] |
Breda Ba.75 | - | reconnaissance / ground attack | 1939 | n/a | 1 | |
Breda Ba.82 | - | medium bomber | 1937 | n/a | 1 | |
Breda Ba.88 | Lince (lynx) |
fighter / bomber | 1936 | 1938 | 149 | [7] |
Breda Ba.201 | - | dive bomber | 1941 | n/a | 2 | |
Bücker Bü 131 | Jungmann (young man) |
trainer | 1934 | 1941 | 41 | [notes 1] |
CANSA C.5 | - | trainer | 1939 | 1939 | 62 | |
CANSA C.6 | - | trainer | 1941 | n/a | 2 | |
CANSA FC.12 | - | trainer | 1940 | n/a | 10+1 | [8] |
CANSA FC.20 | - | reconnaissance / bomber | 1941 | 1943 | 8 | |
CANT Z.501 | Gabbiano (gull) |
maritime patrol | 1934 | 1936 | 454 | |
CANT Z.506B | Airone (heron) |
maritime patrol / bomber | 1935 | 1939 | 314 | [9] |
CANT Z.506C | Airone (heron) |
transport / rescue | 1935 | 1939 | 57 | [10] |
CANT Z.511 | - | transport seaplane | 1940 | n/a | 2 | |
CANT Z.515 | - | reconnaissance / bomber | 1939 | n/a | 11 | |
CANT Z.1007 | Alcione (kingfisher) |
bomber | 1937 | 1939 | 582 | [11] |
CANT Z.1011 | - | heavy bomber / transport | 1936 | 1938 | 6 | |
CANT Z.1012 | - | liaison | 1937 | 1938 | 5 | [12] |
CANT Z.1018 | Leone (lion) |
bomber | 1939 | 1943 | 15 | |
Caproni Ca.100 | - | trainer | 1928 | 1930 | 650 | [13] |
Caproni Ca.111 | - | reconnaissance | 1932 | 1933 | 152 | [14] |
Caproni Ca.133 | - | transport / bomber | 1934 | 1935 | 443 | [15] |
Caproni Ca.135 | - | bomber | 1935 | 1937 | 69 | [16] |
Caproni Ca.148 | - | transport | 1938 | 54 | [17] | |
Caproni Ca.164 | - | liaison | 1938 | 280 | [18] | |
Caproni Ca.165 | - | fighter | 1938 | n/a | 1 | |
Caproni Ca.308/A.P.1 | Boreas (north wind) |
light bomber | 1934 | 1936 | 53 | [19] |
Caproni Ca.309 | Ghibli (south wind) |
reconnaissance | 1937 | n/a | 243 | [20] |
Caproni Ca.310 | Libeccio (s.w. wind) |
reconnaissance / bomber | 1937 | 1938 | 193 | [21] |
Caproni Ca.311 | - | bomber | 1939 | 1939 | 284 | [22] |
Caproni Ca.312 | - | bomber | 1939 | n/a | 39 | [23] |
Caproni Ca.313 | - | bomber | 1939 | n/a | 338 | |
Caproni Ca.314 | - | bomber / maritime patrol | n/a | 1942 | 200 | |
Caproni Ca.316 | - | reconnaissance / patrol | 1940 | n/a | 14 | |
Caproni Ca.331 | Raffica (gust) |
bomber / night fighter | 1940 | n/a | 3 | [24] |
Caproni Campini N.1 | - | engine testbed | 1940 | n/a | 2 | |
Caproni Vizzola F.4 | - | fighter | 1940 | n/a | 1 | |
Caproni Vizzola F.5 | - | fighter | 1939 | 1939 | 13 | |
Caproni Vizzola F.6 | - | fighter | 1941 | n/a | 2 | |
Caudron C.440 | Goéland (seagull) |
transport | 1934 | 1943 | 7 | [notes 2] |
Caudron C.635 | Simoun (south east wind) |
liaison | 1934 | 1943 | 2 | [notes 2] |
CNA PM.1 | - | trainer | 1939 | n/a | 1 | |
Dewoitine D.520 C.1 | - | fighter | 1938 | 1940 | 60 | [notes 3] |
Dornier Do 217J | - | night fighter | 1938 | 1942 | 11 | [25] |
Douglas DC-2 | - | transport | 1934 | 1940 | 2 | [26] |
Douglas DC-3 | - | transport | n/a | n/a | 1 | [27] |
Fiat B.R.20 | Cicogna (stork) |
bomber | 1936 | 1936 | 233 | [28] |
Fiat B.R.20M | Cicogna (stork) |
bomber | 1936 | 1936 | 279 | [29] |
Fiat C.R.25 | - | reconnaissance / transport | 1937 | 1939 | 12 | |
Fiat C.R.32 | - | fighter | 1933 | 1933 | 1052 | [30] |
Fiat C.R.42 | Falco (falcon) |
fighter | 1938 | 1939 | 1551 | [31] |
Fiat G.8 | - | trainer | 1934 | n/a | 51 | [32] |
Fiat G.12 | - | transport | 1940 | 1941 | 28 | [33] |
Fiat G.18 | - | transport | 1935 | 1943 | 9 | [34] |
Fiat G.50 | Freccia (arrow) |
fighter | 1937 | 1938 | 683 | [35] |
Fiat G.55 | Centauro (centaur) |
fighter | 1942 | 1943 | 30 | [36] |
Fiat RS.14 | - | reconnaissance | 1939 | 1941 | 186 | [37] |
Fieseler Fi 156 | Storch (stork) |
liaison | 1936 | n/a | 24 | [38][39] |
Gotha Go 242 | - | transport glider | 1941 | 1943 | 4 | |
IMAM Ro.10 Fokker F.VII |
- | transport | 1924 | n/a | 1 2 |
[40] |
IMAM Ro.37 | Lince (lynx) |
reconnaissance | 1933 | 1935 | 617 | [41] |
IMAM Ro.41 | - | trainer / liaison | 1934 | 1935 | 743 | [42] |
IMAM Ro.43 | - | reconnaissance | 1934 | 1935 | 193 | [43] |
IMAM Ro.44 | - | floatplane fighter | 1936 | 1937 | 35 | |
IMAM Ro.51 | - | fighter | 1937 | n/a | 1 | |
IMAM Ro.57bis | - | dive bomber | 1939 | 1943 | 50 | [44] |
IMAM Ro.58 | - | dive bomber | 1942 | n/a | 1 | |
IMAM Ro.63 | - | reconnaissance / liaison | 1940 | n/a | 6 | |
Junkers Ju 52/3m g7e | - | transport | 1930 | 1943 | 4 | [45] |
Junkers Ju 87B-2 & D-1 | Stuka (dive bomber) |
dive bomber | 1935 | 1940 | 210 | |
Junkers Ju 88A-4 | - | bomber | 1936 | 1943 | 46 | |
Klemm Kl 35 | - | liaison / trainer | 1935 | 1943 | 1 | |
Liore et Olivier LeO 451 B.4 | - | bomber | 1937 | 1941 | 27 | [notes 2] |
Macchi M.C.94 | - | transport | 1936 | n/a | 6 | [46] |
Macchi M.C.100 | - | transport | 1936 | n/a | 6 | [47] |
Macchi C.200 | Saetta (arrow) |
fighter | 1937 | 1939 | 1151 | [48] |
Macchi C.201 | - | fighter | 1940 | n/a | 1 | |
Macchi C.202 | Folgore (thunderbolt) |
fighter | 1940 | 1941 | 1172 | [49] |
Macchi C.205N | Orione (orion) |
fighter | 1942 | n/a | 2 | |
Macchi C.205V | Veltro (greyhound) |
fighter | 1942 | 1943 | 199 | [50] |
Messerschmitt Bf 108B-2 | Taifun (typhoon) |
liaison | 1934 | 1941 | 1 | |
Messerschmitt Bf 109G/K | - | fighter | 1935 | 1943 | 225 | |
Messerschmitt Bf 110C-4/G-4 | - | night fighter | 1936 | 1942 | 3 | [51] |
Morane-Saulnier MS.230 Et.2 | - | trainer | 1929 | 1943 | 8 | [notes 2] |
Morane-Saulnier MS.406 C.1 | - | fighter | 1935 | 1943 | 25 | [notes 2] |
Nardi FN.305 | - | trainer | 1935 | 1935 | 208 | [52] |
Nardi FN.315 | - | trainer | 1938 | 1943 | 31 | [53] |
Nardi FN.316 | - | trainer | 1941 | 1943 | 49 | [54] |
Piaggio P.32 | - | bomber | 1936 | 1937 | 28 | [55] |
Piaggio P.50 | - | heavy bomber | 1937 | n/a | 3 | |
Piaggio P.108B | - | bomber | 1939 | 1942 | 24 | [56] |
Piaggio P.108T | - | transport | 1939 | 1942 | 12 | [57] |
Piaggio P.111 | - | high altitude research | 1941 | n/a | 1 | |
Piaggio P.119 | - | fighter | 1942 | n/a | 1 | |
Potez 63-11 | - | reconnaissance | 1938 | 1943 | 77 | [notes 2] |
Potez 630/631 C.3 | - | heavy fighter | 1936 | 1943 | 13 | [notes 2] |
Reggiane Re.2000 | Falco I (falcon) |
fighter | 1939 | 1940 | 26 | [58] |
Reggiane Re.2001 | Falco II (falcon) |
fighter | 1940 | 1941 | 243 | [59] |
Reggiane Re.2002 | Ariete (ram) |
fighter | 1940 | 1942 | 140 | [60] |
Reggiane Re.2003 | - | reconnaissance | 1941 | n/a | 1 | |
Reggiane Re.2004 | - | fighter / bomber | n/a | n/a | 1 | |
Reggiane Re.2005 | Sagittario (archer) |
fighter | 1942 | 1943 | 37 | [61] |
Rogožarski SIM-XIV-H | - | coastal reconnaissance / trainer | 1938 | 1941 | 8 | [notes 1] |
SAIMAN 200 | - | trainer | 1938 | 1940 | 140 | [62] |
SAIMAN 202 | - | liaison | 1938 | 1939 | 390 | [63] |
Savoia-Marchetti S.55X | - | maritime patrol flying boat | 1924 | 1931 | 25 | |
Savoia-Marchetti S.56 | - | flying-boat trainer | 1924 | 1927 | 4 | [64] |
Savoia-Marchetti S.66 | - | search and rescue flying boat | 1931 | 1940 | 6 | [65] |
Savoia-Marchetti S.73 | - | transport | 1934 | 1935 | 28 | [66] |
Savoia-Marchetti S.74 | - | transport | 1934 | 1935 | 3 | [67] |
Savoia-Marchetti SM.75 | Marsupiale (marsupial) |
transport | 1937 | n/a | 32 | [68] |
Savoia-Marchetti SM.79 | Sparviero (sparrowhawk) |
bomber / transport | 1934 | 1936 | 1240 | [69] |
Savoia-Marchetti SM.81 | Pipistrello (bat) |
bomber | 1934 | 1935 | 534 | [70] |
Savoia-Marchetti SM.82 | - | transport / bomber | 1939 | 1940 | 726 | [71] |
Savoia-Marchetti SM.83 | - | transport | 1937 | 1939 | 20 | [72] |
Savoia-Marchetti SM.84 | - | bomber | 1940 | 1941 | 329 | [73] |
Savoia-Marchetti SM.85 | - | dive bomber | 1936 | 1939 | 32 | [74] |
Savoia-Marchetti SM.86 | - | dive bomber | 1939 | n/a | 1 | [75] |
Savoia-Marchetti SM.87 | - | transport floatplanes | 1939 | 1940 | 4 | [76] |
Savoia-Marchetti SM.88 | - | heavy fighter | 1939 | n/a | 1 | |
Savoia-Marchetti SM.89 | - | bomber | 1941 | 1942 | 1 | [77] |
Savoia-Marchetti SM.91 | - | heavy fighter / bomber | 1943 | n/a | 2 | |
Savoia-Marchetti SM.92 | - | heavy fighter / bomber | 1943 | n/a | 1 | |
Savoia-Marchetti SM.93 | - | dive bomber | 1944 | n/a | 1 | |
Savoia-Marchetti SM.95 | - | transport | 1943 | n/a | 5 | [78] |
Captured[]
Repainted in Italian markings. Primarily used for evaluation. Other aircraft were captured but were not flyable.
- Breguet 19 B.2 (1)
- Breguet 693 AB.2 (2+)[notes 2]
- Bristol Beaufighter Mk.IF (1)[notes 4]
- Bristol Blenheim Mk.IV[notes 4]
- Consolidated B-24D Liberator (1)[notes 5]
- Dornier Do 17Kb-1 (1)[notes 1]
- Fairey Albacore (1)[notes 6]
- Fairey Swordfish (1 – not flyable)[notes 6]
- Hawker Fury (4)[notes 1]
- Hawker Hurricane Mk.I (1)[notes 1]
- Lockheed P-38 Lightning (1)[notes 5]
- Rogožarski Fizir (3)[notes 1]
- Rogožarski PVT (1)[notes 1]
- Zmaj Fizir FP-2[notes 1]
References[]
Citations[]
- ^ "Ambrosini S.7" Ali e Uomini
- ^ "AVIA FL.3" Ali e Uomini
- ^ "Breda Ba.25" Ali e Uomini
- ^ "Breda Ba.44" Ali e Uomini
- ^ "Breda Ba.64" Ali e Uomini
- ^ "Breda Ba.65" Ali e Uomini
- ^ "Breda Ba.88" Ali e Uomini
- ^ 1 extra prototype completed in ground attack version, see Dorati, C.A.N.S.A. Fc.12 in G.M.S. Gruppo Modellistico Sestese.
- ^ "CANT Z.506B Airone" Ali e Uomini
- ^ "CANT Z:506C Airone" Ali e Uomini
- ^ "CANT Z:1007 Alcione" Ali e Uomini
- ^ "CANT Z.1012" Ali e Uomini
- ^ "Caproni Ca.100" Ali e Uomini
- ^ "Caproni Ca.111" Ali e Uomini
- ^ "Caproni Ca.133" Ali e Uomini
- ^ "Caproni Ca.135" Ali e Uomini
- ^ "Caproni Ca.148" Ali e Uomini
- ^ "Caproni Ca.164" Ali e Uomini
- ^ "Caproni A.P.1" Ali e Uomini
- ^ "Caproni Ca.309 Ghibli" Ali e Uomini
- ^ "Caproni Ca310 Libeccio" Ali e Uomini
- ^ "Caproni Ca.311" Ali e Uomini
- ^ "Caproni Ca.312" Ali e Uomini
- ^ "Caproni Ca.331" Ali e Uomini
- ^ "Dornier Do 217J" Ali e Uomini
- ^ "Douglas Dc-2" Ali e Uomini
- ^ "Douglas DC-3 Dakota"
- ^ "Fiat BR.20 Cicogna" Ali e Uomini
- ^ "Fiat BR.20M Cicogna" Ali e Uomini
- ^ "Fiat CR.32" Ali e Uomini
- ^ "Fiat C.R.42 Falco" Ali e Uomini
- ^ "Fiat G.8"
- ^ "Fiat G.12" Ali e Uomini
- ^ "Fiat G.18" Ali e Uomini
- ^ "Fiat G.50" Ali e Uomini
- ^ "FIat G.55" Ali e Uomini
- ^ "Fiat RS.14" Ali e Uomini
- ^ "Fieseler Fi 156 Storch" Ali e Uomini
- ^ "Fieseler Fi 156 Storch" Aeronautica Militare
- ^ "IMAM Ro.10"
- ^ "IMAM Ro.37 Lince" Ali e Uomini
- ^ "IMAM Ro.41" Ali e Uomini
- ^ "IMAM Ro.43"
- ^ "IMAM Ro.57" Ali e Uomini
- ^ "Junkers Ju 52" Ali e Uomini
- ^ "Macchi M.C.94"
- ^ "Macchi M.C.100"
- ^ Macchi "C.200 Saetta" Ali e Uomini
- ^ "Macchi C.202" Ali e Uomini
- ^ "Macchi MC.205V" Ali e Uomini
- ^ "Messerschmitt Bf 110" Ali e Uomini
- ^ "Nardi FN305" Ali e Uomini
- ^ "Nardi FN.315" Ali e Uomini
- ^ "Nardi FN.316" Ali e Uomini
- ^ "Piaggio P.32" Ali e Uomini
- ^ "Piaggio P.108B" Ali e Uomini
- ^ "Piaggio P.108T" Ali e Uomini
- ^ Reggiane Re.2000
- ^ "Reggiane Re.2001" Ali e Uomini
- ^ "Reggiane Re.2002" Ali e Uomini
- ^ "Reggiane Re.2005" Ali e Uomini
- ^ "SAIMAN 200" Ali e Uomini
- ^ "SAIMAN 202" Ali e Uomini
- ^ "Savoia-Marchetti S:56" Aviastar
- ^ "Savoia-Marchetti S.66" Ali e Uomini
- ^ "Savoia-Marchetti S.73" Ali e Uomini
- ^ "Savoia-Marchetti SM.74" Ali e Uomini
- ^ "Savoia-Marchetti SM.75 Marsupiale" Ali e Uomini
- ^ "Savoia-Marchetti SM.79 Sparviero" Ali e Uomini
- ^ "Savoia-Marchetti SM.81 Pipistrello" Ali e Uomini
- ^ "Savoia-Marchetti SM.82" Ali e Uomini
- ^ "Savoia-Marchetti SM.83" Ali e Uomini
- ^ "Savoia-Marchetti SM.84" Ali e Uomini
- ^ Savoia-Marchetti SM.85
- ^ Savoia-Marchetti SM.86
- ^ "Savoia-Marchetti SM.87" Ali e Uomini
- ^ "Savoia-Marchetti SM.89" Ali e Uomini
- ^ "Savoia-Marchetti SM.95" Ali e Uomini
Notes[]
- ^ a b c d e f g h Captured from Yugoslavia
- ^ a b c d e f g h Captured from France
- ^ received in exchange for LeO 451 given to Germany
- ^ a b Captured from British Royal Air Force during desert war.
- ^ a b Captured from United States Army Air Forces following accidental landing at the wrong airfield.
- ^ a b Captured from British Fleet Air Arm.
Bibliography[]
- D'Amico, F.; Valentini, G. (1986). Regia Aeronautica Vol. 2: Pictorial History of the Aeronautica Nazionale Repubblicana and the Italian Co-Belligerent Air Force, 1943–1945. Carrollton, Texas: Squadron/Signal. ISBN 0897471857.
- Dunning, Chris (2009). Courage Alone: The Italian Air Force 1940–1943. Hikoki Publications. ISBN 978-1902109091.
- Dunning, Chris (2009). Regia Aeronautica: The Italian Air Force 1923–1945 – An Operational History. Hersham, Surrey, UK: Classic Publications (Ian Allan Publishing). ISBN 978-1906537029.
- Sgarlato, Nico (1979). Italian Aircraft of World War II. Warren, Michigan: Squadron/Signal. ISBN 0897470869.
- Thompson, Jonathan W. (1963). Italian Civil and Military aircraft 1930–1945. USA: Aero Publishers. ISBN 0816865000. LCCN 63-17621.
- World War II Italian aircraft
- Italian military-related lists
- Lists of World War II aircraft