Fiat CR 42 Falco

**Fiat CR.42 Falco**
	Italian 1930s fighter biplane aircraft family
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Instance of	aircraft family;
Subclass of	fighter biplane; land-based aircraft; fighter;
Country of origin	Italy;
Has use	air superiority fighter;
Operator	Italian Air Force; Royal Italian Air Force; Hungarian Air Force; Air Component; Luftwaffe;
Based on	CR.32;
Manufacturer	Fiat Aviazione;
Developer	Fiat;
First flight	23 May 1938;
Service retirement	1948;
Powered by	Fiat A.74 R1C.38;
Length	8.3 m;
Height	3.3 m;
Wingspan	9.7 m;
Total produced	1,782;
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	Q141640; Library of Congress authority ID: sh85046948; NL CR AUT ID: ph616540; National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987012431004105171
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The Fiat C.R.42 Falco ("Falcon") was a single seat fighter biplane with the upper wing larger than the lower (a sesquiplane) produced by Turin firm at the end of the 1930s. It served as the primary fighter aircraft of Italy's Regia Aeronautica at the outbreak of World War II and was in service, in smaller numbers, with the air forces of Belgium, Sweden, Hungary and Finland.

Regia Aeronautica

The C.R.42 Falco in CAI livery on display at Royal Air Force Museum - Hendon - London
Another picture of the same airplane

Swedish Air Force

The C.R.42 "White 9", named J11 in Swedish Air Force service, on display in 1976
Another the "White 9" on dislay at the Swedish Air Force Museum (in Swedish Flygvapenmuseum) located near Linköping, Sweden.