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| Italian bombers on their way to war action on the Albanian-Greek frontier, on January 9, 1941. Italian armies had launched an invasion of Greece from Albanian territory on October 28, 1940. |
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| Italian Fiat G.50 and German Messerschmitt Me 110 (3U+CS) of Zerstörergeschwader 26 (ZG 26) in flight, North Africa, 1941. (Bundesarchiv Bild 101I-425-0338-16A) |
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| Fiat CR.42 Falco 9° Gruppo 4° Stormo Regia Aeronautica. The Fiat CR.42 Falco (Falcon, plural: Falchi) is a single-seat sesquiplane fighter developed and produced by Italian aircraft manufacturer Fiat Aviazione. It served primarily in the Italian Regia Aeronautica in the 1930s and during the Second World War. |
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| Fiat CR.42 4° Stormo Regia Aeronautica, left behind after the Axis retreat in North Africa. |
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| Fiat CR.42s, Corpo Aero Italiano, Belgium, during the Battle of Britain. |
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| Fiat CR.42. |
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| Fiat CR.42. |
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| Fiat CR.42. |
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| Fiat CR.42 Falcos. |
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| Fiat CR.42. |
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| Fiat CR.42 of 162 Squadriglia. |
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| Fiat CR.42. |
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| Fiat CR.42 floatplane. |
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| Fiat CR.42 tested with Daimler-Benz 601E engine. |
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| Fiat CR.32 Regia Aeronautica circa 1939. |
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| Fiat CR.32 undergoing repair by RAAF airmen, North Africa. 1940-41. |
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| Fiat CR.32 Regia Aeronautica. |
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| Fiat CR.32ter Regia Aeronautica. |
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| Fiat CR.32bis Regia Aeronautica. |
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| Fiat CR.32 Regia Aeronautica. |
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| Capt. Mario D'Agostini, Gold Medal of Valor, poses with his Fiat CR.32 of the 163rd Autonomous Land Fighters Squadron, Gadurrà, Rhodos Greece, circa 1940. |
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| RAAF officers in front of an Italian CR.32 fighter plane at Benghazi, Libya, early 1941. From left: Thomas Hamilton Trimble (later Squadron Leader 2 Operational Training Unit). Alan Charles Rawlinson (later Wing Commander, DFC, 78 Wing Headquarters). Flight Lieutenant Lindsay Eric Shaw Knowles, (later No. 3 Squadron), killed during operations on 22 November 1941, aged 24. Peter St George Bruce Turnbull (later DFC, Squadron Leader, 76 Squadron). Duncan Campbell (later Squadron Leader, No. 3 Squadron) killed during operations on 5 April 1941, aged 26. |
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| A pair of Fiat CR.32 of the X Gruppo "Baleari". The foreground aircraft is flown by D'Agostini, circa 1937. |
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| Unit members posing with a Fiat CR.32. In the background is a Junkers Ju 87 Stuka supplied to the Regia Aeronautica. |
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| Fiat CR.32. |
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| Fiat CR.30 Regia Aeronautica. The Fiat CR.30 was a 1930s Italian single-seat biplane fighter aircraft designed by Celestino Rosatelli and built by Fiat. |
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| Fiat CR.30 Regia Aeronautica. |
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