List of Regia Aeronautica aircraft used in World War II

Italian Piaggio P.108 bomber in 1942

A list of aircraft used by Italy during World War II until its capitulation to the Allies in September 1943. Aircraft marked in pink were captured, aircraft in blue did not progress past prototypes.

Aircraft

Aircraft Model	Name	Role	1st flight	Service entry	# Used	Refs
Aeronautica Lombarda AL-12P	-	glider	1943	1943	16
Aeronautica Umbra Trojani AUT.18	-	fighter	1939	n/a	1
Ambrosini A.R.	-	flying bomb	1943	n/a	5
Ambrosini CVV-6 Canguro	-	glider	1941	1943	36
Ambrosini S.7T	-	trainer	1939	1943	10	[1]
Ambrosini SAI.10	Grifone (griffon)	trainer	1939	1940	10
Ambrosini SAI.207	-	fighter	1941	1942	14
Ambrosini SAI.403	Dardo (dart)	fighter	1943	n/a	1
Ambrosini SS.4	-	fighter	1939	n/a	1
Arado Ar 96B-2	-	trainer	1938	1943	2
AVIA FL.3	-	trainer	1939	1940	335	[2]
Breda Ba.25	-	trainer	1931	1932	763	[3]
Breda Ba.28	-	trainer	1936	1938	59
Breda Ba.39	-	liaison	1932	n/a	60
Breda Ba.44	-	transport	1934	1936	5	[4]
Breda Ba.64	-	ground attack	1935	1937	42	[5]
Breda Ba.65	-	ground attack	1935	1937	200	[6]
Breda Ba.75	-	reconnaissance / ground attack	1939	n/a	1
Breda Ba.82	-	medium bomber	1937	n/a	1
Breda Ba.88	Lince (lynx)	fighter / bomber	1936	1938	149	[7]
Breda Ba.201	-	dive bomber	1941	n/a	2
Bücker Bü 131	Jungmann (young man)	trainer	1934	1941	41	[notes 1]
CANSA C.5	-	trainer	1939	1939	62
CANSA C.6	-	trainer	1941	n/a	2
CANSA FC.12	-	ground attack	1940	n/a	11
CANSA FC.20	-	reconnaissance / bomber	1941	1943	8
CANT Z.501	Gabbiano (gull)	maritime patrol	1934	1936	454
CANT Z.506B	Airone (heron)	maritime patrol / bomber	1935	1939	314	[8]
CANT Z.506C	Airone (heron)	transport / rescue	1935	1939	57	[9]
CANT Z.511	-	transport seaplane	1940	n/a	2
CANT Z.515	-	reconnaissance / bomber	1939	n/a	11
CANT Z.1007	Alcione (kingfisher)	bomber	1937	1939	582	[10]
CANT Z.1011	-	heavy bomber / transport	1936	1938	6
CANT Z.1012	-	liaison	1937	1938	5	[11]
CANT Z.1018	Leone (lion)	bomber	1939	1943	15
Caproni Ca.100	-	trainer	1928	1930	650	[12]
Caproni Ca.111	-	reconnaissance	1932	1933	152	[13]
Caproni Ca.133	-	transport / bomber	1934	1935	443	[14]
Caproni Ca.135	-	bomber	1935	1937	69	[15]
Caproni Ca.148	-	transport		1938	54	[16]
Caproni Ca.164	-	liaison	1938		280	[17]
Caproni Ca.165	-	fighter	1938	n/a	1
Caproni Ca.308/A.P.1	Boreas (north wind)	light bomber	1934	1936	53	[18]
Caproni Ca.309	Ghibli (south wind)	reconnaissance	1937	n/a	243	[19]
Caproni Ca.310	Libeccio (s.w. wind)	reconnaissance / bomber	1937	1938	193	[20]
Caproni Ca.311	-	bomber	1939	1939	284	[21]
Caproni Ca.312	-	bomber	1939	n/a	39	[22]
Caproni Ca.313	-	bomber	1939	n/a	338
Caproni Ca.314	-	bomber / maritime patrol	n/a	1942	200
Caproni Ca.316	-	reconnaissance / patrol	1940	n/a	14
Caproni Ca.331	Raffica (gust)	bomber / night fighter	1940	n/a	3	[23]
Caproni Campini N.1	-	engine testbed	1940	n/a	2
Caproni Vizzola F.4	-	fighter	1940	n/a	1
Caproni Vizzola F.5	-	fighter	1939	1939	13
Caproni Vizzola F.6	-	fighter	1941	n/a	2
Caudron C.440	Goéland (seagull)	transport	1934	1943	7	[notes 2]
Caudron C.635	Simoun (south east wind)	liaison	1934	1943	2	[notes 2]
CNA PM.1	-	trainer	1939	n/a	1
Dewoitine D.520 C.1	-	fighter	1938	1940	60	[notes 3]
Dornier Do 217J	-	night fighter	1938	1942	11	[24]
Douglas DC-2	-	transport	1934	1940	2	[25]
Douglas DC-3	-	transport	n/a	n/a	1	[26]
Fiat B.R.20	Cicogna (stork)	bomber	1936	1936	233	[27]
Fiat B.R.20M	Cicogna (stork)	bomber	1936	1936	279	[28]
Fiat C.R.25	-	reconnaissance / transport	1937	1939	12
Fiat C.R.32	-	fighter	1933	1933	1052	[29]
Fiat C.R.42	Falco (falcon)	fighter	1938	1939	1551	[30]
Fiat G.8	-	trainer	1934	n/a	51	[31]
Fiat G.12	-	transport	1940	1941	28	[32]
Fiat G.18	-	transport	1935	1943	9	[33]
Fiat G.50	Freccia (arrow)	fighter	1937	1938	683	[34]
Fiat G.55	Centauro (centaur)	fighter	1942	1943	30	[35]
Fiat RS.14	-	reconnaissance	1939	1941	186	[36]
Fieseler Fi 156	Storch (stork)	liaison	1936	n/a	24	[37][38]
Gotha Go 242	-	transport glider	1941	1943	4
IMAM Ro.10 Fokker F.VII	-	transport	1924	n/a	1 2	[39]
IMAM Ro.37	Lince (lynx)	reconnaissance	1933	1935	617	[40]
IMAM Ro.41	-	trainer / liaison	1934	1935	743	[41]
IMAM Ro.43	-	reconnaissance	1934	1935	193	[42]
IMAM Ro.44	-	floatplane fighter	1936	1937	35
IMAM Ro.51	-	fighter	1937	n/a	1
IMAM Ro.57bis	-	dive bomber	1939	1943	50	[43]
IMAM Ro.58	-	dive bomber	1942	n/a	1
IMAM Ro.63	-	reconnaissance / liaison	1940	n/a	6
Junkers Ju 52/3m g7e	-	transport	1930	1943	4	[44]
Junkers Ju 87B-2 & D-1	Stuka (dive bomber)	dive bomber	1935	1940	210
Junkers Ju 88A-4	-	bomber	1936	1943	46
Klemm Kl 35	-	liaison / trainer	1935	1943	1
Liore et Olivier LeO 451 B.4	-	bomber	1937	1941	27	[notes 2]
Macchi M.C.94	-	transport	36	n/a	6	[45]
Macchi M.C.100	-	transport	36	n/a	6	[46]
Macchi M.C.200	Saetta (archery bolt)	fighter	1937	1939	1151	[47]
Macchi M.C.201	-	fighter	1940	n/a	1
Macchi M.C.202	Folgore (thunderbolt)	fighter	1940	1941	1351	[48]
Macchi M.C.205N	Orione (orion)	fighter	1942	n/a	2
Macchi M.C.205V	Veltro (greyhound)	fighter	1942	1943	199	[49]
Messerschmitt Bf 108B-2	Taifun (typhoon)	liaison	1934	1941	1
Messerschmitt Bf 109G/K	-	fighter	1935	1943	225
Messerschmitt Bf 110C-4/G-4	-	night fighter	1936	1942	3	[50]
Morane-Saulnier MS.230 Et.2	-	trainer	1929	1943	8	[notes 2]
Morane-Saulnier MS.406 C.1	-	fighter	1935	1943	25	[notes 2]
Nardi FN.305	-	trainer	1935	1935	208	[51]
Nardi FN.315	-	trainer	1938	1943	31	[52]
Nardi FN.316	-	trainer	1941	1943	49	[53]
Piaggio P.32	-	bomber	1936	1937	28	[54]
Piaggio P.50	-	heavy bomber	1937	n/a	3
Piaggio P.108B	-	bomber	1939	1942	24	[55]
Piaggio P.108T	-	transport	1939	1942	12	[56]
Piaggio P.111	-	high altitude research	1941	n/a	1
Piaggio P.119	-	fighter	1942	n/a	1
Potez 63-11	-	reconnaissance	1938	1943	77	[notes 2]
Potez 630/631 C.3	-	heavy fighter	1936	1943	13	[notes 2]
Reggiane Re.2000	Falco I (falcon)	fighter	1939	1940	26	[57]
Reggiane Re.2001	Falco II (falcon)	fighter	1940	1941	243	[58]
Reggiane Re.2002	Ariete (ram)	fighter	1940	1942	140	[59]
Reggiane Re.2003	-	reconnaissance	1941	n/a	1
Reggiane Re.2004	-	fighter / bomber	n/a	n/a	1
Reggiane Re.2005	Sagittario (archer)	fighter	1942	1943	37	[60]
Rogožarski SIM-XIV-H	-	coastal reconnaissance / trainer	1938	1941	8	[notes 1]
SAIMAN 200	-	trainer	1938	1940	140	[61]
SAIMAN 202	-	liaison	1938	1939	390	[62]
Savoia-Marchetti S.55X	-	maritime patrol flying boat	1924	1931	25
Savoia-Marchetti S.56	-	flying-boat trainer	1924	1927	4	[63]
Savoia-Marchetti S.66	-	search and rescue flying boat	1931	1940	6	[64]
Savoia-Marchetti S.73	-	transport	1934	1935	28	[65]
Savoia-Marchetti S.74	-	transport	1934	1935	3	[66]
Savoia-Marchetti SM.75	Marsupiale (marsupial)	transport	1937	n/a	32	[67]
Savoia-Marchetti SM.79	Sparviero (sparrowhawk)	bomber / transport	1934	1936	1240	[68]
Savoia-Marchetti SM.81	Pipistrello (bat)	bomber	1934	1935	534	[69]
Savoia-Marchetti SM.82	-	transport / bomber	1939	1940	726	[70]
Savoia-Marchetti SM.83	-	transport	1937	1939	20	[71]
Savoia-Marchetti SM.84	-	bomber	1940	1941	329	[72]
Savoia-Marchetti SM.85	-	dive bomber	1936	1939	32	[73]
Savoia-Marchetti SM.86	-	dive bomber	1939	n/a	1	[74]
Savoia-Marchetti SM.87	-	transport floatplanes	1939	1940	4	[75]
Savoia-Marchetti SM.88	-	heavy fighter	1939	n/a	1
Savoia-Marchetti SM.89	-	bomber	1941	1942	1	[76]
Savoia-Marchetti SM.91	-	heavy fighter / bomber	1943	n/a	2
Savoia-Marchetti SM.92	-	heavy fighter / bomber	1943	n/a	1
Savoia-Marchetti SM.93	-	dive bomber	1944	n/a	1
Savoia-Marchetti SM.95	-	transport	1943	n/a	5	[77]

Captured

Repainted in Italian markings. Primarily used for evaluation. Other aircraft were captured but were not flyable.

• Breguet 19 B.2 (1)
• Breguet 693 AB.2 (2+)^{[notes 2]}
• Bristol Beaufighter Mk.IF (1)^{[notes 4]}
• Bristol Blenheim Mk.IV^{[notes 4]}
• Consolidated B-24D Liberator (1)^{[notes 5]}
• Dornier Do 17Kb-1 (1)^{[notes 1]}
• Fairey Albacore (1)^{[notes 6]}
• Fairey Swordfish (1 - not flyable)^{[notes 6]}
• Hawker Fury (4)^{[notes 1]}
• Hawker Hurricane Mk.I (1)^{[notes 1]}
• Lockheed P-38 Lightning (1)^{[notes 5]}
• Rogožarski Fizir (3)^{[notes 1]}
• Rogožarski PVT (1)^{[notes 1]}
• Zmaj Fizir FP-2^{[notes 1]}

References

Citations

1. "Ambrosini S.7" Ali e Uomini
2. "AVIA FL.3" Ali e Uomini
3. "Breda Ba.25" Ali e Uomini
4. "Breda Ba.44" Ali e Uomini
5. "Breda Ba.64" Ali e Uomini
6. "Breda Ba.65" Ali e Uomini
7. "Breda Ba.88" Ali e Uomini
8. "CANT Z.506B Airone" Ali e Uomini
9. "CANT Z:506C Airone" Ali e Uomini
10. "CANT Z:1007 Alcione" Ali e Uomini
11. "CANT Z.1012" Ali e Uomini
12. "Caproni Ca.100" Ali e Uomini
13. "Caproni Ca.111" Ali e Uomini
14. "Caproni Ca.133" Ali e Uomini
15. "Caproni Ca.135" Ali e Uomini
16. "Caproni Ca.148" Ali e Uomini
17. "Caproni Ca.164" Ali e Uomini
18. "Caproni A.P.1" Ali e Uomini
19. "Caproni Ca.309 Ghibli" Ali e Uomini
20. "Caproni Ca310 Libeccio" Ali e Uomini
21. "Caproni Ca.311" Ali e Uomini
22. "Caproni Ca.312" Ali e Uomini
23. "Caproni Ca.331" Ali e Uomini
24. "Dornier Do 217J" Ali e Uomini
25. "Douglas Dc-2" Ali e Uomini
26. "Douglas DC-3 Dakota"
27. "Fiat BR.20 Cicogna" Ali e Uomini
28. "Fiat BR.20M Cicogna" Ali e Uomini
29. "Fiat CR.32" Ali e Uomini
30. "Fiat C.R.42 Falco" Ali e Uomini
31. "Fiat G.8"
32. "Fiat G.12" Ali e Uomini
33. "Fiat G.18" Ali e Uomini
34. "Fiat G.50" Ali e Uomini
35. "FIat G.55" Ali e Uomini
36. "Fiat RS.14" Ali e Uomini
37. "Fieseler Fi 156 Storch" Ali e Uomini
38. "Fieseler Fi 156 Storch" Aeronautica Militare
39. "IMAM Ro.10"
40. "IMAM Ro.37 Lince" Ali e Uomini
41. "IMAM Ro.41" Ali e Uomini
42. "IMAM Ro.43"
43. "IMAM Ro.57" Ali e Uomini
44. "Junkers Ju 52" Ali e Uomini
45. "Macchi M.C.94"
46. "Macchi M.C.100"
47. Macchi "MC,200 Saetta" Ali e Uomini
48. "Macchi MC.202" Ali e Uomini
49. "Macchi MC.205V" Ali e Uomini
50. "Messerschmitt Bf 110" Ali e Uomini
51. "Nardi FN305" Ali e Uomini
52. "Nardi FN.315" Ali e Uomini
53. "Nardi FN.316" Ali e Uomini
54. "Piaggio P.32" Ali e Uomini
55. "Piaggio P.108B" Ali e Uomini
56. "Piaggio P.108T" Ali e Uomini
57. Reggiane Re.2000
58. "Reggiane Re.2001" Ali e Uomini
59. "Reggiane Re.2002" Ali e Uomini
60. "Reggiane Re.2005" Ali e Uomini
61. "SAIMAN 200" Ali e Uomini
62. "SAIMAN 202" Ali e Uomini
63. "Savoia-Marchetti S:56" Aviastar
64. "Savoia-Marchetti S.66" Ali e Uomini
65. "Savoia-Marchetti S.73" Ali e Uomini
66. "Savoia-Marchetti SM.74" Ali e Uomini
67. "Savoia-Marchetti SM.75 Marsupiale" Ali e Uomini
68. "Savoia-Marchetti SM.79 Sparviero" Ali e Uomini
69. "Savoia-Marchetti SM.81 Pipistrello" Ali e Uomini
70. "Savoia-Marchetti SM.82" Ali e Uomini
71. "Savoia-Marchetti SM.83" Ali e Uomini
72. "Savoia-Marchetti SM.84" Ali e Uomini
73. Savoia-Marchetti SM.85
74. Savoia-Marchetti SM.86
75. "Savoia-Marchetti SM.87" Ali e Uomini
76. "Savoia-Marchetti SM.89" Ali e Uomini
77. "Savoia-Marchetti SM.95" Ali e Uomini

Notes

1. Captured from Yugoslavia
2. Captured from France
3. received in exchange for LeO 451 given to Germany
4. Captured from British Royal Air Force during desert war.
5. Captured from United States Army Air Forces following accidental landing at the wrong airfield.
6. Captured from British Fleet Air Arm.

Bibliography

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