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Aircraft Details (scroll down) | Alternates II-IV / Alternates V-IX | Foreign / Captured | Production locations / Quantities | Campini |
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Designers / Designs | Airfoils / Engines / Climb Rates | Armament | Operational locations / Timelines | Bombers | Transports |
work in progress
Accountability (tiers approx):
Tier |
FIAT CMASA / CANSA |
Macchi Aeromacchi |
Caproni Reggiane / Bergamasca / Vizzola |
SAI-Ambrosini Ambrosini |
Breda IMAM / Aerfer |
Savoia-Marchetti SIAI-Marchetti |
foreign |
I | CR.20 (09/1926) [~700] | Ro.30 (1932) | |||||
II |
CR.30 (1932) CR.32 (04/1933) [~1300] |
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Ca.114 (1933) [36] A.P.1 (1934+) |
Ro.37 (1934+) [294]
Ba.64 (1934) [42] |
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III |
CR.33 (1935) CR.40 (03/1934) [2] CR.41 (03/1935) CR.42 (05/1938) [~1800] |
Ca.165 (1938) [1] Ca.310 Ca.335 (02/1939) [1] |
Ro.41 (06/1934) [753] Ba.27 (1933) [14] Ba.27M (06/1934) Ba.65 (09/1935) [218] Ro.51 (1937) [2] |
SM.86 (04/1939)2 [1] |
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IV |
G.50 (02/1937) [791] CR.25 (07/1937)2 [40+] |
Re.2000 (1938) F.5 (02/1939) [13] Ca.314 (1940)2
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Ba.75 (1939) [1] Ba.88 (10/1936)2 [149]
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SM.88 (1939)2 [1] | Martin Baltimore | ||
V |
FC.20 (1941)2 [~6] G.50V (08/1942) |
C.200 (1937) [1153] |
Re.2001 (07/1940) [237] F.4 (07/1940) [1] Ca.331B (1942)2 [3] Ca.355 (01/1941) [1] |
S.S.4 (03/1939) [1] |
Ro.57 (1939)2 [50+] Ro.57bis (1939)2 |
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VI | G.51 (__/19__) | C.202 (08/1940) [1100+] |
F.6M (1941) [1] F.6Z (1943) [1] F.7 (____) [_] |
SAI.207 (1941) [14] SAI.403 (1943) [1] C.202 |
Ba.201 (07/1941) [2] Ro.58 (05/1942)2 [1]
C.202 |
SM.89 (1941)2 |
Bell P-39Q-20 Spitfire V |
VII |
G.55 (04/1942) [274+75]
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C.205 (04/1942) [262]
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Piaggio P.119 (12/1942) Ca.380 (__/19__)2 |
C.205 |
Ro.67 (03/1940+)3 [~2] BZ.303/304
C.205 |
SM.91 (03/1943)2 [2] SM.92 (10/1943)2 [1] SM.93 (01/1944) [1] |
Spitfire IX Republic P-47 North American P-51 Bf 109G |
VIII |
G.56 (03/1944) G.59 (1948) G.61 (19__) |
C.206/C.207 |
Re.2005 (05/1942) [48] Re.2006 [~1] Re.2005 R Re.2005 SF |
Me 262 [see notes] Me 163 [see notes] DH Vampire (Goblin) DH Vampire NF.54
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IX | G.82 (05/1954) [10] |
MB.324 MB-326 (12/1957) [~800] |
Sagittario 2 (05/1956) [2] | SM.10X (project) | DH Venom (Ghost) | ||
X | G.91 (1956+) [770] | MB.327 (1954) |
Ariete (03/1958) [~2] Leone (rocket aux) [~1] |
SM.133 (project)
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Republic F-84F Republic F-84G North American F-86D/F/K Canadair Sabre Mk.4 (08/1950) |
Key: (first flight date) [production total]. 2 = twin-engine. FP = floatplane. Sergio Steffanuti / ANR (1943+) / CBAF (1943+) / Aeronautica Militare (1948+)
FIGHTERS / MULTIROLE / HEAVY / ATTACK
Notes:
-- Ghedi and Villafranca airfields were modified to accept the Me 262 (to be flown by ANR), but collapse of the Italian front prevented implementation (D'Amico)
-- some ANR pilots began training for the Me 163 Komet (at Holzkirchen, Germany) but the course was not completed due to poor weather and advancing Russians (D'Amico)
-- 3 Arado Ar 234's deployed to Campoformido from March until the end of the war (D'Amico)
-- see also Junkers Ju 87
others
Umbra T.18 (04/1939) [1]
Umbra MB.902 (prototype destroyed) -- twin-engine contra-rotating props
Omitted:
FIAT
AN.1 (1930) experimental two-seat recon [204 km/h]
APR.2 (1935) transport
AS.1 (1928) touring
AS.2 (1929) touring
B.R.G. -- first Fiat tri-motor similar to Caproni Ca.101
C.29 (1929) racing seaplane
G.2 (1932) tri-motor transport
G.5 (1933) touring/trainer
G.12 (10/1940) tri-motor transport
G.18 (1935) civil transport
TR.1 (1930) touring/trainer
CMASA (FIAT subsidiary as of 1929)
MF.4 (1933) recon flying boat
MF.5 (1933) passenger flying boat
MF.6 (1934) catapult recon seaplane
MF.10 (1935) cataput recon flying boat
G.8 (1934) touring/training biplane
BGA (1936) medium bomber resembling FIAT BR.20
RS.14 (1938) 2-engine recon seaplane
AS.14 (1942) land-based attack version of RS.14 ***
ICR.42 (1940) seaplane version of CR.42
G.50B (1940) trainer version of G.50
CS.15 (1939) high-speed record monoplane
JS.54 6-engine civil flying boat project
CANSA (FIAT subsidiary as of 1939)
C.4 (1942) low-wing monoplane trainer
C.5 (1940) biplane trainer
C.5B biplane trainer
C.6B (1942) biplane advanced trainer
Macchi
M.41 (1927) single-seat fighter flying boat ... FIAT A.20 400hp 12-cylinder water-cooled ... 161 mph ... 4:52 to 6560 ft
M.41bis (1930) ... 440hp ... 163 mph [262 km/h] ... 8:00 to 9840 ft, 20:00 to 16400 ft.
M.71 (1932) continuation of M.41bis for catapult operation
M.72 (~1931) racing seaplane
MC.77 (1935) long-distance recon/bomber ... Isotta-Fraschini Asso 750R 850/910hp ...188 mph [303 km/h]
MC.94 (1935) passenger flying boat
MC.99 (1937) twin-engine reconnaissance/bomber flying boat ... 2x Isotta-Fraschini Asso XI RC.15 836hp ... 169 mph [272 km/h] ... 4 machine guns ... 3300 lb bomb load
MC.100 (1938) passenger flying boat
Reggiane (Caproni subsidiary)
Ca 405 Procellaria (1937) record plane; development of Piaggio P.23
P.32bis bomber modification of Ca 405
CNA (Caproni)
Delta (1931) 3-engine 6-passenger cabin monoplane
Beta (1932) 2-seat monoplane
Eta (1933) parasol monoplane
Teta (1933) trainer
Merah (1934) 2-seat low-wing monplane
CNA 15 (1935)
CNA 25 4-cabin monoplane
PM.1 sport/trainer
SAIMAN (Caproni subsidiary founded 1934)
SAIMAN 200 two-seat trainer
SAIMAN 202 (1936) touring/liaison
SAIMAN 204 four-passenger verion of 202
SAIMAN LB.2 twin-boom touring monoplane
Caproni
--
Caponi Bergamaschi
--
Caproni Vizzola
--
IMAM (Breda subsidiary as of 1936; merged with what became Aerfer 1955)
Ro.1 (Fokker C.V) (1925)
Ro.5 (1929) two-seat light monoplane
Ro.10 (1925) transport
Ro.26 aerobatic trainer
Ro.63 observation/liaison monoplane
A.G. (1934) experimental monoplane
Breda
Breda 79 four-seat touring
Breda 82 medium bomber
Breda BZ.301 long-range medium bomber resembling CANT Z.1018 (Zappata)
Breda BZ.305 four-engine military transport (Zappata)
Breda BZ.306 four-engine long-range heavy bomber (Zappata)
Breda BZ.308 airliner (Zappata)
Savoia-Marchetti
SM.55 twin-engine twin-hull flying boat
SM.64 (1928) record monoplane
SM.65 (1929) twin-engine twin-float racing seaplane
SM.67 single-seat fighter flying boat
SM.71 3-engine transport
SM.72 (1934) transport/bomber --> built for China
SM.73 (1934) 3-engine transport
SM.74 (1934) 4-engine airliner
SM.75 Marsupiale (1935) transport
SM.78 (1933) 3-seat recon flying boat ... biplane + pusher resemblance to Macchi M.41 and M.71
SM.79 Sparviero (1934) transport; (1936) bomber *** much development
SM.80 (1933) 2-seat touring amphibian
SM.81 (1934) bomber transport from SM.73
SM.82 Canguro (Kangaroo) bomber/transport from SM.75
SM.83 (1937) transport from SM.79
SM.84 (1935) transport; same designation applied to bomber from SM.79; a.k.a. SM.79bis, SM.94
SM.87 (1938) transport seaplane
SM.90 (1941) 3-engine transport
SM.95 (1942) airliner
Ambrosini
SAI 1 (1935) 2-seat sport biplane
SAI 2 (1935) five-passenger transport
SAI 2S (1937) four-seat cabin monoplane
SAI 3 2-seat training/touring
SAI 10 primary trainer
A.R. (Assalto Radioguidato) flying bomb
Lombarda AL 12P troop/cargo glider
Aerfer (source until I find something better)
SAI.7 (1939) single-seat racing aircraft
SAI.7T (1943) two-seat trainer
S.7 (1949) two-seat touring
Supersette (1951) two-seat trainer/racer
Sagittario (1953) jet adaptation of S.7
Leone (~1960) rocket-assisted interceptor descended from Aerfer Ariete
CANT
Z.501 (1934) recon/bomber flying boat
Z.504 (1935) 2-seat flying boat
Z.505 (1935) 3-engine seaplane
Z.506 (1935) 12-passenger seaplane; later torpedo bomber
Z.508 (1936) 3-engine heavy bomber seaplane
Z.509 (1937) 3-engine transatlantic postal service
Z.511 (1939) 4-engine transatlantic airliner
Z.515 (1938) 2-engine recon/bomber floatplane
Z.1007 (1937) 3-engine medium bomber
Z.1010 (1935) 5-passenger cabin monoplane
Z.1011 (1935) 2-engine medium bomber; related to Z.1007
Z.1012 (1938) passenger transport
Z.1015 (1939) long-distance mail plane; related to Z.1007
Z.1018 (1940) 2-engine medium bomber; last design by Zappata before leaving CANT for Breda
Nardi
FN.305 (1935) trainer/touring
FN.310 (1938) 4-seat cabin monoplane
FN.315 (1939) trainer
Piaggio
all Piaggio (bombers, transports) except P.119 single-engine fighter
^ all data above from Thompson unless otherwise specified.
Sources:
General
Italian Civil and Military Aircraft 1930-1945, by Jonathan Thompson (1963 Aero Publishers)
Italian Aircraft of World War II, by Nico Sgarlato (1979 Squadron/Signal Publications) -- very thin on detail, not very helpful
Regia Aeronautica, Vol.1 (1940-1943), by Christopher Shores (1976 Squadron/Signal) -- historical context
Regia Aeronautica, Vol.2 (1943-1945), by F. D'Amico & G. Valentini (1986 Squadron/Signal) -- historical context
An Illustrated Guide to German, Italian, and Japanese Aircraft of World War II, by Bill Gunston (1980 Salamander Books)
An Illustrated Anatomy of the World's Fighters, by William Green and Gordon Swanborough (1981 Salamander Books)
The Complete Book of Fighters, by William Green and Gordon Swanborough (2001 Salamander Books)
Biplane to Monoplane: Aircraft Development 1919-1939, edited by Philip Jarrett (1997 Putnam Aeronautical)
Biplanes, Triplanes, and Seaplanes, by Michael Sharpe (2000 Amber)
International Warbirds, by John C. Frederiksen (2001)
Fighters of World War II, Part 1, by Bernard Fitzsimons (1981 MacDonald Phoebus/BPC)
The Encyclopedia of Weapons of World War II, by Chris Bishop (2002 Metrobooks)
Courage Alone: The Italian Air Force 1940-1943, by Chris Dunning (1998 Hikoki Publications)
Italian Secret Projects book by Edwin Dyer III when released
Turbojet History and Development 1930-1960. Volume 2, by Antony L. Kay (Crowood 2007)
Combat Aircraft Prototypes since 1945, by Robert Jackson (Airlife 1985)
FIAT
Fiat CR.42 (Profile 16), by Gianni Cattaneo (Profile Publications)
Fiat G.91 (Warpaint No.48), by Richard J. Caruana (2006)
Fiat CR.25, by Giancarlo Garello (1997)
Fiat RS.15, by Tullio Marcon (1998)
Macchi
Macchi MB.324 (Flight 06/1951)
The History of the De Havilland Vampire, by David Watkins (2014 Fonthill Media) -- built under license by Macchi and FIAT, first production flown by Macchi
Reggiane/Caproni
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Caproni Ca.133 (Ali d'Italia 20), text by Gregory Alegi (2005)
IMAM/Breda
IMAM Ro.43/44 (Ali d'Italia 12), text by Tullio Marcon (2000)
Breda Ba.65 (Ali d'Italia 7), text by Giancarlo Garello (1997)
Breda Ba.88 (Ali d'Italia 19), text by Leproni (2004)
CANT
CANT Z506 (Ali d'Italia 5), by Decio Zorini (1997)
CANT Z501 (Ali d'Italia 17, by Tullio Marcon (2001)
CANT Z1007(Ali d'Italia 18), by Giancarlo Garello (2002)
CANT Z1018, by Giancarlo Garello
leads:
L'albero tecnologico italiano[aggiornato al 15/6/2014], by Demon93IT
Discussione sull'albero italiano, by Demon93IT
The Italian Tech Tree (work in progress), by Demon93IT
Possibili nuovi rami, by Demon93IT
Italy Fighter Line, by ARTY4NOOBS
Flugzeug Tree Italien, by Hawker5
Aermacchi MB.324, by Raptor_Fulcrum
Fiat G.56, by Raptor_Fulcrum
Fiat G.80/82, by Raptor_Fulcrum
SIAI-Marchetti SM-10X, by Raptor_Fulcrum
SIAI Marchetti SM.133, by Raptor_Fulcrum
Italian aircraft (archived NA forum)
Wikipedia
other websites where noted
helpful sites:
Further Refinement:
1. Timeline established for all major aircraft
2. Production orders identified
3. Engine progression identified
4.Designer tracking
-- Cesare Pallavicino (Breda --> Caproni)
-- Filippo Zappata (CANT --> Breda)
-- Sergio Steffanuti (Ambrosini --> Aerfer) -- SS.4, SAI.107/207/403
5. details for less common types
-- CANSA FC.20
-- Ambrosini SAI.403
Older versions:
Version 2.50 -- updated to indicate an approximation for bomber progression
Version 2.36 -- incremental update
Version 2.30 -- incremental update; trimotor development leading to attack aircraft
Version 2.12 -- incremental update
Version 2.11 -- incremental update
Version 2.00 -- IJA implications (rough)
Version 1.06 -- Multirole implications (rough)
Version 1.05 -- rough draft
Edited by J311yfish, 25 December 2018 - 02:33 AM.