Warplanes of Italy: Regia Aeronautica, preserved in Italian museums

Warplanes of the Second World War preserved in Italy

The aim of this website is to locate, identify and document Warplanes from the Second World War preserved in Italy.  Many contributors have assisted in the hunt for these aircraft to provide and update the data on this website.  Photos are as credited.  Any errors found here are by the author, and any additions, corrections or amendments to this list of Warplane Survivors of the Second World War in Italy would be most welcome and may be e-mailed to the author at hskaarup@rogers.com.

Aerei da guerra della seconda guerra mondiale conservati in Italia

Lo scopo di questo sito Web è individuare, identificare e documentare gli aerei da guerra della seconda guerra mondiale conservati in Italia. Molti collaboratori hanno collaborato alla caccia di questi aeromobili per fornire e aggiornare i dati su questo sito Web. Le foto sono accreditate. Eventuali errori riscontrati qui sono dell'autore e eventuali aggiunte, correzioni o modifiche a questo elenco di sopravvissuti agli aerei da guerra della seconda guerra mondiale in Italia sarebbero i benvenuti e possono essere inviati via e-mail all'autore all'indirizzo hskaarup@rogers.com.

Italy (Italian Social Republic)

Italian Fascist leader Benito Mussolini formed the Italian Social Republic (Repubblica Sociale Italiana) on 23 September 1943, succeeding the Kingdom of Italy as a member of the Axis.  Mussolini had been removed from office and arrested by King Victor Emmanuel III on 25 July 1943.  After the Italian armistice, in a spectacular raid led by German paratrooper  Otto Skorzeny, Mussolini was rescued from arrest.  Once restored in power, Mussolini declared that Italy was a republic and that he was the new head of state. He was subject to German control for the duration of the war.  (Wikipedia)

(Alan Wilson Photo)

Ambrosini S.7T trainer, on display in the Italian Air Force Museum, Vigna di Valle on Lake Bracciano in central Italy.

(MLWatts Photo)

Avia FL.3, Museo dell'aeronautica Gianni Caproni in Trento, Italy.

(Alan Wilson Photos)

(Zerosei Photo)

( nne258 Photo)

CANT Z.506B Airone (Heron) maritime patrol/bomber on display in the Italian Air Force Museum, Vigna di Valle on Lake Bracciano in central Italy.  The Airone was a triple-engine floatplane produced by CANT from 1935.  During the Second World War, it was used as a reconnaissance aircraft, bomber and air-sea rescue plane by the Italian Regia Aeronautica and the Luftwaffe.

(Alan Wilson Photo)

Caproni Ca.100 trainer, on display in the Italian Air Force Museum, Vigna di Valle on Lake Bracciano in central Italy.  Previously Reg. No. I-GTAB, it is marked with the registration FIR-9, appropriate to a Ca.100 serving at the Florence basic Flying School in the mid-1930s, Italy.

(Alan Wilson Photo)

Caproni Ca.100 Idro floatplane variant in the Museo dell'Aeronautica Gianni Caproni, Trento, Italy.

The Caproni Ca.316 was a reconnaissance seaplane produced in Italy during World War II, intended for catapult operations from Italian Navy capital ships. It was a member of the large family of Caproni designs derived from the Ca.306 airliner prototype of 1935, and more directly a modification of the Ca.310 Idro seaplane.14 examples were built, but none entered service.

Caproni Campini N.1/C.C.2 engine testbed.  (Regia Aeronautica Photos)

 (Alan Wilson Photos)

(Aldo Bidini Photo)

(Bergfalke2 Photo)

Caproni Campini N.1. on display in the Italian Air Force Museum, Vigna di Valle on Lake Bracciano in central Italy.

(Alan Wilson Photo)

Douglas C-47 Skytrain (Serial No. 42-100731), MM19194, 14-45.  Italian Air Force Museum at Vigna di Valle Air Force Base.

(Sergio D’Afflitto Photo)

Douglas C-47B Skytrain (Serial No. 43-48983), on static display at Volandia in Somma Lombardo, Varese.

Fiat C.R.32, fighter.  (Regia Aeronautica Photo)

(Zerosei Photo)

(Smolik Photos)

Fiat C.R.32, fighter. fighter, in the Italian Air Force Museum, Vigna di Valle on Lake Bracciano in central Italy.

(Zerosei Photo)

(Smolik Photos)

(Alan Wilson Photos)

Fiat C.R.42 Falco (Falcon) fighter, in the Italian Air Force Museum, Vigna di Valle on Lake Bracciano in central Italy.

(Alan Wilson Photo)

(Zerosei Photo)

(Lorenzo Tomasi Photo)

Fiat G.55 Centauro (Centaur), fighter, in the Italian Air Force Museum, Vigna di Valle on Lake Bracciano in central Italy.

(Alan Wilson Photo)

Fieseler Fi 156C Storch (Stork), MM12822, liaison, in the Italian Air Force Museum, Vigna di Valle on Lake Bracciano in central Italy.

Hawker Sea Fury FB11 (Serial No. WJ298), Reg. No. D-CRZY, painted as a Royal Australian Navy Sea Fury coded 308/K.  This former Iraqi Air Force aircraft restored by Meier Motors of Bremgarten, Germany, now owned by Stefano Landi, Bologna, Italy.  This aircraft was flown by the RN Fleet Air Arm. then exported to Iraq in 1952 (Serial No. 303).  Salvaged in 1979, it later went to the US, Reg. No. N26SF, then Australia in 1983.  It is temporarily based at Ravenna, Italy, but will eventually operate from Flyozzano airfield in Ozzano Dell'Emilia, near Bologna,

(Chris Finney Photo)

(Cirimbilo Photo)

( Smolik Photos)

IMAM Ro.37 Lince (Lynx), reconnaissance, in the Italian Air Force Museum, Vigna di Valle on Lake Bracciano in central Italy.

(Alan Wilson Photo)

IMAM Ro.41, trainer/liaison, being restored in the Italian Air Force Museum, Vigna di Valle on Lake Bracciano in central Italy.

(Aldo Bidini Photo)

(Alan Wilson Photo)

Macchi M.C.200 Saetta, MM5311, 1-369, (MM8307), on display in the Italian Air Force Museum, Vigna di Valle on Lake Bracciano in central Italy.

(Zerosei Photos)

(Alan Wilson Photo)

Macchi M.C.202 Folgore (Thunderbolt), fighter. on display in the Italian Air Force Museum, Vigna di Valle on Lake Bracciano in central Italy.

(Alan Wilson Photo)

(Aldo Bidini Photo)

(Smolik Photos)

Nardi FN.305 trainer, on display in the Italian Air Force Museum, Vigna di Valle on Lake Bracciano in central Italy.

(Alan Wilson Photos)

(Aldo Bidini Photo)

North American T6-G Texan (Serial No. MM54097), RR-67.  Italian Air Force Museum at Vigna di Valle Air Force Base.

North American P-51D-5NA Mustang (Serial No. 44-13521), "Marinell", B-5Q, Reg. No. N383FJ, Skywest Aviation Inc, Trustee.  Airworthy.

(Italian Air Force Photo)

North American F-51D Mustang (Serial No. MM4237), 1, of Comando Aeronautica della Somalia, ca 1950s.

(Italian Air Force Museum Photo)

(Albarubescens Photo)

(Alan Wilson Photos)

(Zerosei Photo)

(Aldo Bidini Photo)

(Jerry Gunner Photo)

North American P-51D-25NA Mustang (Serial No. 44-73444), RR-11.  Italian Air Force Museum at Vigna di Valle Air Force Base.  The Italian Air Force received 170 Mustangs between 1947 and 1951.

North American P-51D-25NA Mustang (Serial No. 44-73864), Reg.No. N9038, being restored, Steven Loeffler, based in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Reggiane Re.2005 Sagittario (Archer) fighter.  (Regia Aeronautica Photo)

 (Regia Aeronautica Photo)

Reggiane Re.2002 Ariete (Ram) fighter (Serial No. MM8669), is on display in the Italian Air Force Museum, Vigna di Valle. Only one other Re.2002 survives, a partially restored fuselage in Limoges, France.

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(MLWatts Photo)

Reggiane Re.2005 Sagittario (Archer) fighter, Museo dell'aeronautica Gianni Caproni, Trento, Italy.

(ML Watts Photo)

SAIMAN 202M liaison.  Museo dell'Aeronautica Gianni Caproni, Italy.

(Alan Wilson Photo)

(Smolik Photo)

Savoia-Marchetti S.56 flying boat trainer, on display in the Italian Air Force Museum, Vigna di Valle on Lake Bracciano in central Italy.

(Regia Aeronautica Photo)

Savoia-Marchetti SM.79 Sparviero (Sparrowhawk) bomber/transport.

(Alan Wilson Photos)

Savoia-Marchetti SM.79 Sparviero (Sparrowhawk) bomber/transport, an ex-Lebanese aircraft on display at the Museo Storico dell' Aeronautica Militare Italiana at Vigna di Valle, north of Rome.

(M.L. Watts Photo )

(Ennio Varani Photo)

(Matteo Ianeselli Photo)

Savoia-Marchetti SM.79 Sparviero (Sparrowhawk) bomber/transport, on display at the Museo dell'Aeronautica Gianni Caproni at Trento, Italy.

(Oren Rozen Photo)

Savoia Marchetti SM.82PW Canguru transport/bomber on display in the Italian Air Force Museum, Vigna di Valle on Lake Bracciano in central Italy.

(Alan Wilson Photo)

Stinson L-5 Sentinel (Serial No. MM52848), S-1 2.  Italian Air Force Museum at Vigna di Valle Air Force Base.

(Fernando.tassone Photo)

Stinson L-5 Sentinel (Serial No. 299119), Museo dell'Auto a Torino.

(Alan Wilson Photos)

(Aldo Bidini Photo)

(Blackcat Photo)

Supermarine Spitfire LF Mk. IXe (Serial No. MK805).  Italian Air Force Museum at Vigna di Valle Air Force Base.

(Regia Aeronautica Photo)

The AUT.18 was a prototype fighter aircraft developed in Italy by Aeronautica Umbra shortly before the outbreak of World War II. It was designed in 1934 by Felice Trojani, who at that time was collaborating with Umberto Nobile on the Arctic flights of the airships Norge and Italia. The aircraft's designation came from initials of the manufacturer, the surname of the designer, and the aircraft's wing area (18 m2), the sole prototype receiving the serial no. M.M.363. After delivery to the Regia Aeronautica on 5 November 1940 the fate of the prototype is not known, possibly being transferred to Germany for evaluation, it was also rumoured to have been captured by British forces, but it is more likely that it was destroyed in a raid after its transfer to Orvieto. (Wikipedia)