Category: Aircraft
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Fiat G.55 Centauro in Service With The Italian Air Force
Fiat G.55 Centauro in Service With The Italian Air Force The Fiat G.55 Centauro had a limited but historically significant post-war career with the newly reconstituted Italian Air Force, the Aeronautica Militare Italiana, formed in 1946 after the abolition of the monarchy and the disbandment of the Regia Aeronautica. Although designed as a front-line fighter… Read more
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Dewoitine D.520 Z
Dewoitine D.520 Z The D.520 Z was a late-war development of the Dewoitine D.520 fighter intended to significantly improve performance through the installation of a more powerful engine and incremental aerodynamic refinement. The project originated during the German occupation of France and later re-emerged briefly in the post-war reconstruction of the French aviation industry. Development… Read more
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Fiat G.56 Italian World War Two Fighter Prototype
Fiat G.56 The Fiat G.56 was an Italian single-seat fighter aircraft developed in 1944 as a high-performance derivative of the Fiat G.55 Centauro to exploit the increased power of the German Daimler-Benz DB 603A liquid-cooled inverted V12 engine. While the G.55 had been one of Italy’s most capable piston fighters of the Second World War,… Read more