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Italy’s Macchi C.202 Folgore Was a Great WWII Plane. Why Has No One Ever Heard of It?
From this came the Macchi C.202 Folgore (“Thunderbolt ... performance levels on par with contemporary Allied and German aircraft. The C.202 featured a fully enclosed cockpit, as well ...
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In the Museum: Italian Lighting
During the summer of 1942, this Macchi Folgore fighter was ... but it was one of many enemy aircraft brought to the United States after World War II for evaluation at the Army’s Air Technical ...
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Macchi in RAAF Service
Why did the RAAF choose the Macchi MB-326H for its jet training program? Discover the aircraft that trained generations of ...