Two profiles of Italian World War II fighter biplane <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Fiat_CR.42" class="extiw" title="w:en:Fiat CR.42">Fiat C.R.42 Falco</a>. <b>Top</b>: A Fiat C.R.42 of Regia Aeronautica's 162nd Squadron (<i>162a Squadriglia</i>), 161st Autonomous Land Fighter Group (<i>46o Gruppo Autonomo C.T.</i>) based in Maritsa, Rhodes, Greece in 1942. This aircraft, rebuilt using many original parts, has been on display since 2005 at the Italian Air Force Museum in Vigna di Valle, not far from Rome. <b>Bottom</b>: A Fiat C.R.42 of Svenska Flygvapnet's Wing F 9, based in Kiruna, Sweden, in 1942. Note the skis that replaced the original wheeled undercarriage for winter operations in northern climates.
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6 January 2012
<span class="int-own-work" lang="en">Own work</span> (basing upon <i>C.R.42 Falco photographic reference manual</i>, Italeri, 2006, p. 44-46.)