List of Regia Aeronautica aircraft used in World War II

Italian Piaggio P.108 bomber in 1942

A list of aircraft used by Italy during World War II until its capitulation to the Allies in September 1943. After that Italy was divided in two states, the Axis Italian Social Republic in the north and the Allied Kingdom of Italy in the south. Both countries had their own Air Force fitted with formerly used Italian aircraft and other nations' planes. Meanwhile, the Italian National Republican Air Force continued fighting against the Allies till the last months of 1945, and the Italian Co-Belligerent Air Force begun operation against the Nazi forces in the Balkans. Aircraft marked in pink were captured, while aircraft in blue did not progress past prototypes.

Aircraft

Aircraft Model Name Role 1st
flight		 Service
entry		 # Used Refs
Aeronautica Lombarda AL-12P - glider 1943 1943 16
Aeronautica Umbra Trojani AUT.18 - fighter 1939 n/a 1
Ambrosini A.R. - flying bomb 1943 n/a 5
Ambrosini CVV-6 Canguro - glider 1941 1943 36
Ambrosini S.7T - trainer 1939 1943 10 [1]
Ambrosini SAI.10 Grifone
(griffon)		 trainer 1939 1940 10
Ambrosini SAI.207 - fighter 1941 1942 14
Ambrosini SAI.403 Dardo
(dart)		 fighter 1943 n/a 1
Ambrosini SS.4 - fighter 1939 n/a 1
Arado Ar 96B-2 - trainer 1938 1943 2
AVIA FL.3 - trainer 1939 1940 335 [2]
Breda Ba.25 - trainer 1931 1932 763 [3]
Breda Ba.28 - trainer 1936 1938 59
Breda Ba.39 - liaison 1932 n/a 60
Breda Ba.44 - transport 1934 1936 5 [4]
Breda Ba.64 - ground attack 1935 1937 42 [5]
Breda Ba.65 - ground attack 1935 1937 200 [6]
Breda Ba.75 - reconnaissance / ground attack 1939 n/a 1
Breda Ba.82 - medium bomber 1937 n/a 1
Breda Ba.88 Lince
(lynx)		 fighter / bomber 1936 1938 149 [7]
Breda Ba.201 - dive bomber 1941 n/a 2
Bücker Bü 131 Jungmann
(young man)		 trainer 1934 1941 41 [notes 1]
CANSA C.5 - trainer 1939 1939 62
CANSA C.6 - trainer 1941 n/a 2
CANSA FC.12 - trainer 1940 n/a 10+1 [8]
CANSA FC.20 - reconnaissance / bomber 1941 1943 8
CANT Z.501 Gabbiano
(gull)		 maritime patrol 1934 1936 454
CANT Z.506B Airone
(heron)		 maritime patrol / bomber 1935 1939 314 [9]
CANT Z.506C Airone
(heron)		 transport / rescue 1935 1939 57 [10]
CANT Z.511 - transport seaplane 1940 n/a 2
CANT Z.515 - reconnaissance / bomber 1939 n/a 11
CANT Z.1007 Alcione
(kingfisher)		 bomber 1937 1939 582 [11]
CANT Z.1011 - heavy bomber / transport 1936 1938 6
CANT Z.1012 - liaison 1937 1938 5 [12]
CANT Z.1018 Leone
(lion)		 bomber 1939 1943 15
Caproni Ca.100 - trainer 1928 1930 650 [13]
Caproni Ca.111 - reconnaissance 1932 1933 152 [14]
Caproni Ca.133 - transport / bomber 1934 1935 443 [15]
Caproni Ca.135 - bomber 1935 1937 69 [16]
Caproni Ca.148 - transport 1938 54 [17]
Caproni Ca.164 - liaison 1938 280 [18]
Caproni Ca.165 - fighter 1938 n/a 1
Caproni Ca.308/A.P.1 Boreas
(north wind)		 light bomber 1934 1936 53 [19]
Caproni Ca.309 Ghibli
(south wind)		 reconnaissance 1937 n/a 243 [20]
Caproni Ca.310 Libeccio
(s.w. wind)		 reconnaissance / bomber 1937 1938 193 [21]
Caproni Ca.311 - bomber 1939 1939 284 [22]
Caproni Ca.312 - bomber 1939 n/a 39 [23]
Caproni Ca.313 - bomber 1939 n/a 338
Caproni Ca.314 - bomber / maritime patrol n/a 1942 200
Caproni Ca.316 - reconnaissance / patrol 1940 n/a 14
Caproni Ca.331 Raffica
(gust)		 bomber / night fighter 1940 n/a 3 [24]
Caproni Campini N.1 - engine testbed 1940 n/a 2
Caproni Vizzola F.4 - fighter 1940 n/a 1
Caproni Vizzola F.5 - fighter 1939 1939 13
Caproni Vizzola F.6 - fighter 1941 n/a 2
Caudron C.440 Goéland
(seagull)		 transport 1934 1943 7 [notes 2]
Caudron C.635 Simoun
(south east wind)		 liaison 1934 1943 2 [notes 2]
CNA PM.1 - trainer 1939 n/a 1
Dewoitine D.520 C.1 - fighter 1938 1940 60 [notes 3]
Dornier Do 217J - night fighter 1938 1942 11 [25]
Douglas DC-2 - transport 1934 1940 2 [26]
Douglas DC-3 - transport n/a n/a 1 [27]
Fiat B.R.20 Cicogna
(stork)		 bomber 1936 1936 233 [28]
Fiat B.R.20M Cicogna
(stork)		 bomber 1936 1936 279 [29]
Fiat C.R.25 - reconnaissance / transport 1937 1939 12
Fiat C.R.32 - fighter 1933 1933 1052 [30]
Fiat C.R.42 Falco
(falcon)		 fighter 1938 1939 1551 [31]
Fiat G.8 - trainer 1934 n/a 51 [32]
Fiat G.12 - transport 1940 1941 28 [33]
Fiat G.18 - transport 1935 1943 9 [34]
Fiat G.50 Freccia
(arrow)		 fighter 1937 1938 683 [35]
Fiat G.55 Centauro
(centaur)		 fighter 1942 1943 30 [36]
Fiat RS.14 - reconnaissance 1939 1941 186 [37]
Fieseler Fi 156 Storch
(stork)		 liaison 1936 n/a 24 [38][39]
Gotha Go 242 - transport glider 1941 1943 4
IMAM Ro.10
Fokker F.VII		 - transport 1924 n/a 1
2		 [40]
IMAM Ro.37 Lince
(lynx)		 reconnaissance 1933 1935 617 [41]
IMAM Ro.41 - fighter / trainer / liaison 1934 1935 743 [42]
IMAM Ro.43 - reconnaissance 1934 1935 193 [43]
IMAM Ro.44 - floatplane fighter 1936 1937 35
IMAM Ro.51 - fighter 1937 n/a 1
IMAM Ro.57bis - dive bomber 1939 1943 50 [44]
IMAM Ro.58 - dive bomber 1942 n/a 1
IMAM Ro.63 - reconnaissance / liaison 1940 n/a 6
Junkers Ju 52/3m g7e - transport 1930 1943 4 [45]
Junkers Ju 87B-2 & D-1 Stuka
(dive bomber)		 dive bomber 1935 1940 210
Junkers Ju 88A-4 - bomber 1936 1943 46
Klemm Kl 35 - liaison / trainer 1935 1943 1
Liore et Olivier LeO 451 B.4 - bomber 1937 1941 27 [notes 2]
Macchi M.C.94 - transport 1936 n/a 6 [46]
Macchi M.C.100 - transport 1936 n/a 6 [47]
Macchi C.200 Saetta
(lightning)		 fighter 1937 1939 1151 [48]
Macchi C.201 - fighter 1940 n/a 1
Macchi C.202 Folgore
(thunderbolt)		 fighter 1940 1941 1172 [49]
Macchi C.205N Orione
(orion)		 fighter 1942 n/a 2
Macchi C.205V Veltro
(greyhound)		 fighter 1942 1943 199 [50]
Messerschmitt Bf 108B-2 Taifun
(typhoon)		 liaison 1934 1941 1
Messerschmitt Bf 109G/K - fighter 1935 1943 225
Messerschmitt Bf 110C-4/G-4 - night fighter 1936 1942 3 [51]
Morane-Saulnier MS.230 Et.2 - trainer 1929 1943 8 [notes 2]
Morane-Saulnier MS.406 C.1 - fighter 1935 1943 25 [notes 2]
Nardi FN.305 - trainer 1935 1935 208 [52]
Nardi FN.315 - trainer 1938 1943 31 [53]
Nardi FN.316 - trainer 1941 1943 49 [54]
Piaggio P.32 - bomber 1936 1937 28 [55]
Piaggio P.50 - heavy bomber 1937 n/a 3
Piaggio P.108B - bomber 1939 1942 24 [56]
Piaggio P.108T - transport 1939 1942 12 [57]
Piaggio P.111 - high altitude research 1941 n/a 1
Piaggio P.119 - fighter 1942 n/a 1
Potez 63-11 - reconnaissance 1938 1943 77 [notes 2]
Potez 630/631 C.3 - heavy fighter 1936 1943 13 [notes 2]
Reggiane Re.2000 Falco I
(falcon)		 fighter 1939 1940 26 [58]
Reggiane Re.2001 Falco II
(falcon)		 fighter 1940 1941 243 [59]
Reggiane Re.2002 Ariete
(ram)		 fighter 1940 1942 140 [60]
Reggiane Re.2003 - reconnaissance 1941 n/a 1
Reggiane Re.2004 - fighter / bomber n/a n/a 1
Reggiane Re.2005 Sagittario
(archer)		 fighter 1942 1943 37 [61]
Rogožarski SIM-XIV-H - coastal reconnaissance / trainer 1938 1941 8 [notes 1]
SAIMAN 200 - trainer 1938 1940 140 [62]
SAIMAN 202 - liaison 1938 1939 390 [63]
Savoia-Marchetti S.55X - maritime patrol flying boat 1924 1931 25
Savoia-Marchetti S.56 - flying-boat trainer 1924 1927 4 [64]
Savoia-Marchetti S.66 - search and rescue flying boat 1931 1940 6 [65]
Savoia-Marchetti S.73 - transport 1934 1935 28 [66]
Savoia-Marchetti S.74 - transport 1934 1935 3 [67]
Savoia-Marchetti SM.75 Marsupiale
(marsupial)		 transport 1937 n/a 32 [68]
Savoia-Marchetti SM.79 Sparviero
(sparrowhawk)		 bomber / transport 1934 1936 1240 [69]
Savoia-Marchetti SM.81 Pipistrello
(bat)		 bomber 1934 1935 534 [70]
Savoia-Marchetti SM.82 - transport / bomber 1939 1940 726 [71]
Savoia-Marchetti SM.83 - transport 1937 1939 20 [72]
Savoia-Marchetti SM.84 - bomber 1940 1941 329 [73]
Savoia-Marchetti SM.85 - dive bomber 1936 1939 32 [74]
Savoia-Marchetti SM.86 - dive bomber 1939 n/a 1 [75]
Savoia-Marchetti SM.87 - transport floatplanes 1939 1940 4 [76]
Savoia-Marchetti SM.88 - heavy fighter 1939 n/a 1
Savoia-Marchetti SM.89 - bomber 1941 1942 1 [77]
Savoia-Marchetti SM.91 - heavy fighter / bomber 1943 n/a 2
Savoia-Marchetti SM.92 - heavy fighter / bomber 1943 n/a 1
Savoia-Marchetti SM.93 - dive bomber 1944 n/a 1
Savoia-Marchetti SM.95 - transport 1943 n/a 5 [78]

Captured

Repainted in Italian markings. Primarily used for evaluation. Other aircraft were captured but were not flyable.

References

Citations

  1. ^ "Ambrosini S.7" Ali e Uomini
  2. ^ "AVIA FL.3" Ali e Uomini
  3. ^ "Breda Ba.25" Ali e Uomini
  4. ^ "Breda Ba.44" Ali e Uomini
  5. ^ "Breda Ba.64" Ali e Uomini
  6. ^ "Breda Ba.65" Ali e Uomini
  7. ^ "Breda Ba.88" Ali e Uomini
  8. ^ 1 extra prototype completed in ground attack version, see Dorati, C.A.N.S.A. Fc.12 in G.M.S. Gruppo Modellistico Sestese.
  9. ^ "CANT Z.506B Airone" Ali e Uomini
  10. ^ "CANT Z:506C Airone" Ali e Uomini
  11. ^ "CANT Z:1007 Alcione" Ali e Uomini
  12. ^ "CANT Z.1012" Ali e Uomini
  13. ^ "Caproni Ca.100" Ali e Uomini
  14. ^ "Caproni Ca.111" Ali e Uomini
  15. ^ "Caproni Ca.133" Ali e Uomini
  16. ^ "Caproni Ca.135" Ali e Uomini
  17. ^ "Caproni Ca.148" Ali e Uomini
  18. ^ "Caproni Ca.164" Ali e Uomini
  19. ^ "Caproni A.P.1" Ali e Uomini
  20. ^ "Caproni Ca.309 Ghibli" Ali e Uomini
  21. ^ "Caproni Ca310 Libeccio" Ali e Uomini
  22. ^ "Caproni Ca.311" Ali e Uomini
  23. ^ "Caproni Ca.312" Ali e Uomini
  24. ^ "Caproni Ca.331" Ali e Uomini
  25. ^ "Dornier Do 217J" Ali e Uomini
  26. ^ "Douglas Dc-2" Ali e Uomini
  27. ^ "Douglas DC-3 Dakota"
  28. ^ "Fiat BR.20 Cicogna" Ali e Uomini
  29. ^ "Fiat BR.20M Cicogna" Ali e Uomini
  30. ^ "Fiat CR.32" Ali e Uomini
  31. ^ "Fiat C.R.42 Falco" Ali e Uomini
  32. ^ "Fiat G.8"
  33. ^ "Fiat G.12" Ali e Uomini
  34. ^ "Fiat G.18" Ali e Uomini
  35. ^ "Fiat G.50" Ali e Uomini
  36. ^ "Fiat G.55" Ali e Uomini
  37. ^ "Fiat RS.14" Ali e Uomini
  38. ^ "Fieseler Fi 156 Storch" Ali e Uomini
  39. ^ "Fieseler Fi 156 Storch" Aeronautica Militare
  40. ^ "IMAM Ro.10"
  41. ^ "IMAM Ro.37 Lince" Ali e Uomini
  42. ^ "IMAM Ro.41" Ali e Uomini
  43. ^ "IMAM Ro.43"
  44. ^ "IMAM Ro.57" Ali e Uomini
  45. ^ "Junkers Ju 52" Ali e Uomini
  46. ^ "Macchi M.C.94"
  47. ^ "Macchi M.C.100"
  48. ^ Macchi "C.200 Saetta" Ali e Uomini
  49. ^ "Macchi C.202" Ali e Uomini
  50. ^ "Macchi MC.205V" Ali e Uomini
  51. ^ "Messerschmitt Bf 110" Ali e Uomini
  52. ^ "Nardi FN305" Ali e Uomini
  53. ^ "Nardi FN.315" Ali e Uomini
  54. ^ "Nardi FN.316" Ali e Uomini
  55. ^ "Piaggio P.32" Ali e Uomini
  56. ^ "Piaggio P.108B" Ali e Uomini
  57. ^ "Piaggio P.108T" Ali e Uomini
  58. ^ Reggiane Re.2000
  59. ^ "Reggiane Re.2001" Ali e Uomini
  60. ^ "Reggiane Re.2002" Ali e Uomini
  61. ^ "Reggiane Re.2005" Ali e Uomini
  62. ^ "SAIMAN 200" Ali e Uomini
  63. ^ "SAIMAN 202" Ali e Uomini
  64. ^ "Savoia-Marchetti S:56" Aviastar
  65. ^ "Savoia-Marchetti S.66" Ali e Uomini
  66. ^ "Savoia-Marchetti S.73" Ali e Uomini
  67. ^ "Savoia-Marchetti SM.74" Ali e Uomini
  68. ^ "Savoia-Marchetti SM.75 Marsupiale" Ali e Uomini
  69. ^ "Savoia-Marchetti SM.79 Sparviero" Ali e Uomini
  70. ^ "Savoia-Marchetti SM.81 Pipistrello" Ali e Uomini
  71. ^ "Savoia-Marchetti SM.82" Ali e Uomini
  72. ^ "Savoia-Marchetti SM.83" Ali e Uomini
  73. ^ "Savoia-Marchetti SM.84" Ali e Uomini
  74. ^ Savoia-Marchetti SM.85
  75. ^ Savoia-Marchetti SM.86
  76. ^ "Savoia-Marchetti SM.87" Ali e Uomini
  77. ^ "Savoia-Marchetti SM.89" Ali e Uomini
  78. ^ "Savoia-Marchetti SM.95" Ali e Uomini

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Captured from Yugoslavia
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h Captured from France
  3. ^ received in exchange for LeO 451 given to Germany
  4. ^ a b Captured from British Royal Air Force during desert war.
  5. ^ a b Captured from United States Army Air Forces following accidental landing at the wrong airfield.
  6. ^ a b Captured from British Fleet Air Arm.

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