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Aircraft · Italy · 1941-1943

Reggiane Re.2001 Falco II

fighter

A development of the earlier Re.2000 using the same German-derived engine as the Macchi C.202, the Re.2001 was built in smaller numbers but flew fighter, fighter-bomber and night-fighter variants. During Operation Pedestal in August 1942 a Re.2001 planted a bomb squarely on the flight deck of the carrier HMS Victorious, where it broke up on the armour without exploding, and fighter-bomber versions attacked the convoys fighting through to Malta.

Wikipedia

crew1
top speed542 km/h
armament2x 12.7mm and 2x 7.7mm machine guns
producedapprox. 252

Mediterranean and North Africa

Reggiane Re.2001 - WWII Italian fighter aircraft
Reggiane Re.2001 - WWII Italian fighter aircraftunknown · PD-Italy · source
Reggiane Re.2001CN con le insegne dell'Aeronautica Cobelligerante Italiana. I dispositivi antifiamma tipici di questa versione sono stati rimossi dagli scarichi del motore.
Reggiane Re.2001CN con le insegne dell'Aeronautica Cobelligerante Italiana. I dispositivi antifiamma tipici di questa versione sono stati rimossi dagli scarichi del motore.Unknown authorUnknown author · Public domain · source
Model of a Reggiane Re.2001 Delta. More pics of the same are avialbale on http://www.klueser.eu/graphwindow.php?index=1446
Model of a Reggiane Re.2001 Delta. More pics of the same are avialbale on http://www.klueser.eu/graphwindow.php?index=1446JuergenKlueser · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source