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RA Regia Aeronautica Macchi MC200 Saetta 21 Gruppo Autonomo 382 Squadriglia Voroshilovgrad Ukraine July 1942 01

RA Regia Aeronautica Macchi MC200 Saetta 21 Gruppo Autonomo 382 Squadriglia Voroshilovgrad Ukraine July 1942 01

  

Macchi C.200 Saetta - Arrow

National origin:- Italy
Role:- Fighter
Manufacturer:- Aeronautica Macchi
First flight:- 24th December 1937
Introduction:- 1939
Retired:- 1947
Primary users:-   Regia Aeronautica
Number built:- 1,151 + 2 Prototypes

The Macchi C.200 Saetta (Italian: Arrow), or MC.200, was a World War II fighter aircraft built by Aeronautica Macchi in Italy, and used in various forms throughout the Regia Aeronautica (Italian Air Force). The MC.200 had excellent maneuverability and general flying characteristics left little to be desired. Stability in a high-speed dive was exceptional, but it was underpowered and underarmed in comparison to its contemporaries.

From the time Italy entered war on 10 June 1940, until the armistice of 8 September 1943, the C. 200 flew more operational sorties than any Italian aircraft. The Saetta ranged over Greece, North Africa, Yugoslavia, France, across the Mediterranean and the Soviet Union (where it obtained an excellent kill to loss ratio of 88 to 15). Its very strong all-metal construction and air-cooled engine made the aircraft ideal for ground attack and several units flew it as a fighter-bomber. Over 1,000 were built by the time the war ended.

 

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