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Regia Aeronautica, Why no use of German planes?
Considering the Clear advantage in quality in the Luftwaffe's aircraft;
Why stick with the home grown production? Why not licence build Fw-190's & Me 109's instead of Fiat's And Macchi's. While The Germans exchanged technology with Japan, How come Italy seems to come up short? Would The Med Campaign have gone differntly if Italian Pilots have had first rate equipment from their Axis partner? |
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Regia Aeronautica, Why no use of German planes?
"Tiger" wrote in message ... Considering the Clear advantage in quality in the Luftwaffe's aircraft; Why stick with the home grown production? Why not licence build Fw-190's & Me 109's instead of Fiat's And Macchi's. Because installing a whole new production facility is a lengthy affair. Its not just the airframe you have to make but the powertrain. Italy simply didnt have suitable engines until the license built DB-601/5's were ready. When fitted with those engines Italian built fighters were rather capable aircraft Keith |
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Regia Aeronautica, Why no use of German planes?
On Apr 11, 1:35 pm, Tiger wrote:
Considering the Clear advantage in quality in the Luftwaffe's aircraft; Why stick with the home grown production? Why not licence build Fw-190's & Me 109's instead of Fiat's And Macchi's. While The Germans exchanged technology with Japan, How come Italy seems to come up short? Would The Med Campaign have gone differntly if Italian Pilots have had first rate equipment from their Axis partner? The Italian air force did operate some Me 109G's. |
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Regia Aeronautica, Why no use of German planes?
"Eunometic" wrote in message ... On Apr 11, 1:35 pm, Tiger wrote: Considering the Clear advantage in quality in the Luftwaffe's aircraft; Why stick with the home grown production? Why not licence build Fw-190's & Me 109's instead of Fiat's And Macchi's. While The Germans exchanged technology with Japan, How come Italy seems to come up short? Would The Med Campaign have gone differntly if Italian Pilots have had first rate equipment from their Axis partner? The Italian air force did operate some Me 109G's. I think you'll find that was the Aeronautica Nazionale Repubblicana, or ANR which was the par of the air force that remained loyal to the Fascist puppet regime in the north. The successor to the RA in Southern Italy was the Aviazione Cobelligerante Italiana, or ACI . In addition to Italian types they flew Spitfire Mk V's and P-39's Keith |
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Regia Aeronautica, Why no use of German planes?
On Apr 12, 7:14 pm, "Keith Willshaw" wrote:
"Eunometic" wrote in message ... On Apr 11, 1:35 pm, Tiger wrote: Considering the Clear advantage in quality in the Luftwaffe's aircraft; Why stick with the home grown production? Why not licence build Fw-190's & Me 109's instead of Fiat's And Macchi's. While The Germans exchanged technology with Japan, How come Italy seems to come up short? Would The Med Campaign have gone differntly if Italian Pilots have had first rate equipment from their Axis partner? The Italian air force did operate some Me 109G's. I think you'll find that was the Aeronautica Nazionale Repubblicana, or ANR which was the par of the air force that remained loyal to the Fascist puppet regime in the north. The successor to the RA in Southern Italy was the Aviazione Cobelligerante Italiana, or ACI . In addition to Italian types they flew Spitfire Mk V's and P-39's Keith Thanks. |
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Regia Aeronautica, Why no use of German planes?
Eunometic wrote: On Apr 12, 7:14 pm, "Keith Willshaw" wrote: "Eunometic" wrote in message ... On Apr 11, 1:35 pm, Tiger wrote: Considering the Clear advantage in quality in the Luftwaffe's aircraft; Why stick with the home grown production? Why not licence build Fw-190's & Me 109's instead of Fiat's And Macchi's. While The Germans exchanged technology with Japan, How come Italy seems to come up short? Would The Med Campaign have gone differntly if Italian Pilots have had first rate equipment from their Axis partner? The Italian air force did operate some Me 109G's. I think you'll find that was the Aeronautica Nazionale Repubblicana, or ANR which was the par of the air force that remained loyal to the Fascist puppet regime in the north. The successor to the RA in Southern Italy was the Aviazione Cobelligerante Italiana, or ACI . In addition to Italian types they flew Spitfire Mk V's and P-39's Keith Thanks. Other than a significant horsepower advantage, the Italian AF didn't see the German aircraft as being significantly better than their own aircraft. At the beginning of the war the Italian AF still considered manueverability as being a higher priority than speed. Later, of course, that changed as seen by the use of license built Daimler-Benz engines in the MC.202/205 series. Italy also used a signifcant number of Ju 87B Stukas, IIRC. |
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