Fiat G.50 Freccia

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World War II aircraft fighter aircraft single-seat monoplane

The Fiat G.50 Freccia was an Italian World War II single-seat monoplane fighter aircraft that served as one of Italy’s first modern, all-metal frontline fighters.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War II aircraft → fighter aircraft → single-seat monoplane →
aircraftConfiguration	low-wing monoplane →
airframeMaterial	all-metal →
armament	2 × 12.7 mm Breda-SAFAT machine guns →
countryOfOrigin	Kingdom of Italy →
crew	1 →
designBureau	Fiat Aviazione →
designedBy	Giuseppe Gabrielli →
emptyWeight	approximately 1990 kg →
engineType	radial piston engine →
enteredService	1938 →
firstFlightDate	1937-02-26 →
firstModernAllMetalFighterOf	Regia Aeronautica →
grossWeight	approximately 2550 kg →
hasVariant	Fiat G.50B → Fiat G.50V → Fiat G.50bis → Fiat G.50bis/A →
height	3.1 m →
introduced	1938 →
length	7.8 m →
manufacturer	Fiat →
maxSpeed	approximately 470 km/h →
nickname	Freccia →
nicknameMeaning	Arrow →
numberBuilt	over 700 →
numberOfEngines	1 →
powerplant	Fiat A.74 RC.38 radial engine →
primaryUser	Regia Aeronautica →
productionPeriod	late 1930s to early 1940s →
range	approximately 445 km →
retired	1950s →
role	fighter →
serviceCeiling	approximately 10600 m →
usedBy	Croatian Air Force (NDH) → Finnish Air Force → Luftwaffe → Regia Aeronautica → Slovak Air Force (WWII) →
usedInConflict	Spanish Civil War → World War II →
usedOnFront	Battle of Britain (limited participation via Italian expeditionary force) → Eastern Front (Finnish service) → Greek campaign → North African campaign →
wingspan	10.98 m →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Fiat G.50 Freccia ("Fiat G.50bis") → Fiat G.50 Freccia ("Fiat G.50bis/A") → Fiat G.50 Freccia ("Fiat G.50V") → Fiat G.50 Freccia ("Fiat G.50B") →	hasVariant
Regia Aeronautica →	usedAircraft