Mussolini decided to join the German invasion of the USSR and Italy deployed ground and air units to the theater. The air ...

From this came the Macchi ... Italian version of this engine, calling it the RA.1000 Monsone, allowing the Folgore to achieve performance levels on par with contemporary Allied and German aircraft.

202 in the National Air and Space Museum’s World War II aviation gallery is one ... in 1934 with its in-line-engine-powered Macchi C.72, the Italian aircraft industry ignored this speed ...

The annals of the air war in Europe often overlook the aircraft of the Italian air forces ... 202 was not the only one it built for World War II. A Daimler-Benz DB601 engine initially powered ...

The aircraft, called the Macchi 202, is one of several ... collection documenting the Axis powers during World War II. But material from the Italian Air Force is sparse. Now, thanks to a generous ...

That flash of red was the Macchi M.C. 72, a seaplane that would soon break the world speed record for any aircraft, piloted by an Italian aviator ... the lead-up to World War II, the golden ...