Fiat CR.42 Falco

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biplane fighter aircraft single-seat aircraft

The Fiat CR.42 Falco was an Italian single-seat biplane fighter aircraft of World War II, noted as one of the last operational biplane fighters used in front-line service.

Aliases (2)

Fiat CR.42 ×1
Fiat CR.42CN night fighter ×1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	biplane → fighter aircraft → single-seat aircraft →
aircraftFamily	Fiat CR series →
aircraftRole	fighter → ground-attack aircraft →
armament	2 × 12.7 mm Breda-SAFAT machine guns →
bombLoad	up to 200 kg of bombs →
configuration	single-engine → tractor propeller →
countryOfOrigin	Italy →
crew	1 →
designer	Celestino Rosatelli →
emptyWeight	circa 1,720 kg →
engineType	air-cooled radial engine →
firstFlightDate	1938-05-23 →
grossWeight	circa 2,295 kg →
height	3.25 m →
introduced	1939 →
length	8.25 m →
manufacturer	Fiat →
maximumSpeed	circa 438 km/h →
notableFeature	one of the last operational biplane fighters in front-line service →
numberBuilt	over 1,700 →
numberOfEngines	1 →
operator	Aeronautica Nazionale Repubblicana → Belgian Air Force → Croatian Air Force (WWII) → Italian Co-Belligerent Air Force → Luftwaffe → Regia Aeronautica → Royal Hungarian Air Force → Royal Romanian Air Force → Swedish Air Force →
powerplant	Fiat A.74 R1C.38 radial engine →
predecessor	Fiat CR.32 →
primaryUser	Regia Aeronautica →
productionPeriod	late 1930s to early 1940s →
retired	1954 →
serviceCeiling	circa 10,000 m →
usedInConflict	World War II →
usedInTheater	Battle of France → East African Campaign (WWII) → Mediterranean theatre of World War II → North African Campaign →
variant	Fiat CR.42AS ground-attack version → Fiat CR.42CN night fighter → Fiat CR.42LW German-modified version →
wingConfiguration	biplane →
wingspan	9.7 m →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Fiat CR.32 →	successor
Regia Aeronautica →	usedAircraft
Royal Hungarian Air Force ("Fiat CR.42") →	usedAircraftModel
Fiat CR.42 Falco ("Fiat CR.42CN night fighter") →	variant