Fiat CR.42 Falco
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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.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Fiat CR.42 Falco canonical | 7 |
| Fiat CR.41 (project/variant designation) | 1 |
| 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 |
National Republican Air Force
ⓘ
surface form:
Aeronautica Nazionale Repubblicana
Belgian Air Force ⓘ Croatian Air Force (WWII) ⓘ Italian Co-belligerent Air Force ⓘ
surface form:
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 ⓘ
surface form:
East African Campaign (WWII)
Mediterranean Theater of Operations ⓘ
surface form:
Mediterranean theatre of World War II
North African campaign ⓘ
surface form:
North African Campaign
|
| variant |
Fiat CR.42AS ground-attack version
ⓘ
Fiat CR.42 Falco self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Fiat CR.42CN night fighter
Fiat CR.42LW German-modified version ⓘ |
| wingConfiguration | biplane ⓘ |
| wingspan | 9.7 m ⓘ |
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Fiat CR.42
this entity surface form:
Fiat CR.42CN night fighter
subject surface form:
Fiat A.74 R1C.38
this entity surface form:
Fiat CR.41 (project/variant designation)