Fiat CR 42 Falco

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The Fiat CR.42 Falco ("Falcon") was a single seat fighter biplane with the upper wing larger than the lower (a sesquiplane) produced by Turin firm at the end of the 1930s. It served as the primary fighter aircraft of Italy's Regia Aeronautica at the outbreak of World War II and was in service, in smaller numbers, with the air forces of Belgium, Sweden, Hungary and Finland.

[edit] Regia Aeronautica

The CR.42 Falco in CAI livery on display at Royal Air Force Museum - Hendon - London

Another picture of the same airplane

[edit] Swedish Air Force

The CR.42 "white 9", named J11 in Swedish Air Force service, on display in 1976

Another the "white 9" on dislay at the Swedish Air Force Museum (in Swedish Flygvapenmuseum) located near Linköping, Sweden.
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