Regia Aeronautica Aircraft Used in World War II

A list of aircraft used by Italy during World War II until its capitulation to the Allies in September 1943. After that Italy was divided in two states, the Axis Italian Social Republic in the north and the Allied Italian kingdom in the south. Both countries had their own Air Force fitted with formerly used Italian aircraft and other nation's planes. Meanwhile, the Italian National Republican Air Force continued fighting against the Allies till the last months of 1945, and the Italian co-belligerent Air Force began operations against the Nazi forces in the Balkans. Aircraft marked in orange were captured, while aircraft in blue did not progress past prototypes.

Aircraft Model	Name	Role	1st flight	Service entry	# Used
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
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
Breda Ba.25	-	trainer	1931	1932	763
Breda Ba.28	-	trainer	1936	1938	59
Breda Ba.39	-	liaison	1932	n/a	60
Breda Ba.44	-	transport	1934	1936	5
Breda Ba.64	-	ground attack	1935	1937	42
Breda Ba.65	-	ground attack	1935	1937	200
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
Breda Ba.201	-	dive bomber	1941	n/a	2
Bücker Bü 131	Jungmann (young man)	trainer	1934	1941	41
CANSA C.5	-	trainer	1939	1939	62
CANSA C.6	-	trainer	1941	n/a	2
CANSA FC.12	-	trainer	1940	n/a	10+1
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
CANT Z.506C	Airone (heron)	transport / rescue	1935	1939	57
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
CANT Z.1011	-	heavy bomber / transport	1936	1938	6
CANT Z.1012	-	liaison	1937	1938	5
CANT Z.1018	Leone (lion)	bomber	1939	1943	15
Caproni Ca.100	-	trainer	1928	1930	650
Caproni Ca.111	-	reconnaissance	1932	1933	152
Caproni Ca.133	-	transport / bomber	1934	1935	443
Caproni Ca.135	-	bomber	1935	1937	69
Caproni Ca.148	-	transport		1938	54
Caproni Ca.164	-	liaison	1938		280
Caproni Ca.165	-	fighter	1938	n/a	1
Caproni Ca.308/A.P.1	Boreas (north wind)	light bomber	1934	1936	53
Caproni Ca.309	Ghibli (south wind)	reconnaissance	1937	n/a	243
Caproni Ca.310	Libeccio (SW wind)	reconnaissance / bomber	1937	1938	193
Caproni Ca.311	-	bomber	1939	1939	284
Caproni Ca.312	-	bomber	1939	n/a	39
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
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
Caudron C.635	Simoun (south east wind)	liaison	1934	1943	2
CNA PM.1	-	trainer	1939	n/a	1
Dewoitine D.520 C.1	-	fighter	1938	1940	60
Dornier Do 217J	-	night fighter	1938	1942	11
Douglas DC-2	-	transport	1934	1940	2
Douglas DC-3	-	transport	n/a	n/a	1
Fiat B.R.20	Cicogna (stork)	bomber	1936	1936	233
Fiat B.R.20M	Cicogna (stork)	bomber	1936	1936	279
Fiat C.R.25	-	reconnaissance / transport	1937	1939	12
Fiat C.R.32	-	fighter	1933	1933	1052
Fiat C.R.42	Falco (falcon)	fighter	1938	1939	1551
Fiat G.8	-	trainer	1934	n/a	51
Fiat G.12	-	transport	1940	1941	28
Fiat G.18	-	transport	1935	1943	9
Fiat G.50	Freccia (arrow)	fighter	1937	1938	683
Fiat G.55	Centauro (centaur)	fighter	1942	1943	30
Fiat RS.14	-	reconnaissance	1939	1941	186
Fieseler Fi 156	Storch (stork)	liaison	1936	n/a	24
Gotha Go 242	-	transport glider	1941	1943	4
IMAM Ro.10 Fokker F.VII	-	transport	1924	n/a	1 2
IMAM Ro.37	Lince (lynx)	reconnaissance	1933	1935	617
IMAM Ro.41	-	trainer / liaison	1934	1935	743
IMAM Ro.43	-	reconnaissance	1934	1935	193
IMAM Ro.44	-	floatplane fighter	1936	1937	35
IMAM Ro.51	-	fighter	1937	n/a	1
IMAM Ro.57bis	-	dive bomber	1939	1943	50
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
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
Lioré et Olivier LeO 451 B.4	-	bomber	1937	1941	27
Macchi M.C.94	-	transport	1936	n/a	6
Macchi M.C.100	-	transport	1936	n/a	6
Macchi C.200	Saetta (arrow)	fighter	1937	1939	1151
Macchi C.201	-	fighter	1940	n/a	1
Macchi C.202	Folgore (thunderbolt)	fighter	1940	1941	1172
Macchi C.205N	Orione (orion)	fighter	1942	n/a	2
Macchi C.205V	Veltro (greyhound)	fighter	1942	1943	199
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
Morane-Saulnier MS.230 Et.2	-	trainer	1929	1943	8
Morane-Saulnier MS.406 C.1	-	fighter	1935	1943	25
Nardi FN.305	-	trainer	1935	1935	208
Nardi FN.315	-	trainer	1938	1943	31
Nardi FN.316	-	trainer	1941	1943	49
Piaggio P.32	-	bomber	1936	1937	28
Piaggio P.50	-	heavy bomber	1937	n/a	3
Piaggio P.108B	-	bomber	1939	1942	24
Piaggio P.108T	-	transport	1939	1942	12
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
Potez 630/631 C.3	-	heavy fighter	1936	1943	13
Reggiane Re.2000	Falco I (falcon)	fighter	1939	1940	26
Reggiane Re.2001	Falco II (falcon)	fighter	1940	1941	243
Reggiane Re.2002	Ariete (ram)	fighter	1940	1942	140
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
Rogožarski SIM-XIV-H	-	coastal reconnaissance / trainer	1938	1941	8
SAIMAN 200	-	trainer	1938	1940	140
SAIMAN 202	-	liaison	1938	1939	390
Savoia-Marchetti S.55X	-	maritime patrol flying boat	1924	1931	25
Savoia-Marchetti S.56	-	flying-boat trainer	1924	1927	4
Savoia-Marchetti S.66	-	search and rescue flying boat	1931	1940	6
Savoia-Marchetti S.73	-	transport	1934	1935	28
Savoia-Marchetti S.74	-	transport	1934	1935	3
Savoia-Marchetti SM.75	Marsupiale (marsupial)	transport	1937	n/a	32
Savoia-Marchetti SM.79	Sparviero (sparrowhawk)	bomber / transport	1934	1936	1240
Savoia-Marchetti SM.81	Pipistrello (bat)	bomber	1934	1935	534
Savoia-Marchetti SM.82	-	transport / bomber	1939	1940	726
Savoia-Marchetti SM.83	-	transport	1937	1939	20
Savoia-Marchetti SM.84	-	bomber	1940	1941	329
Savoia-Marchetti SM.85	-	dive bomber	1936	1939	32
Savoia-Marchetti SM.86	-	dive bomber	1939	n/a	1
Savoia-Marchetti SM.87	-	transport floatplanes	1939	1940	4
Savoia-Marchetti SM.88	-	heavy fighter	1939	n/a	1
Savoia-Marchetti SM.89	-	bomber	1941	1942	1
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

Captured

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

Bréguet 19 B.2 (1)

Bréguet 693 AB.2 (2+)

Bristol Beaufighter Mk.IF (1)

Bristol Blenheim Mk.IV

Consolidated B-24D Liberator (1)

Dornier Do 17Kb-1 (1)

Fairey Albacore (1)

Fairey Swordfish (1 - not flyable)

Hawker Fury (4)

Hawker Hurricane Mk.I (1)

Lockheed P-38 Lightning (1)

Rogožarski Fizir (3)

Rogožarski PVT (1)

Zmaj Fizir FP-2