Macchi C.202 Folgore 1/2

Video taken at the "Vigna di Valle" museum, north of Rome.
Grazie Marco per il grande cellulare usato per le riprese!




From Wikipedia:
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he Macchi C.202 Folgore (Italian "thunderbolt") was a World War II fighter aircraft, built by Macchi Aeronautica and operated by the Regia Aeronautica (RA; Italian air force). The C.202 was a development of the earlier C.200 Saetta, with a more powerful German Daimler-Benz DB 601 engine.

Considered one of the most beautiful fighters to fly with wartime Axis forces,[1] the Folgore was also an effective and deadly dogfighter.[1][2] A prominent Allied foe of the C.202, the leading Australian air ace Clive Caldwell, said that the Folgore would have been superior to the Messerschmitt Bf 109, had it been better equipped with weapons;[3] the C.202 was lightly armed by the standards of the time, with only two 12.7 mm and two 7.7 mm machine guns.

Macchi aircraft designed by Mario Castoldi received the "C" letter in their model designation. Hence the Folgore is referred to as the MC.202.

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[jetdog95]

fucking awsome!

[mattpbent]

Lovely paint work !!

[bf109e4trop]

I visited this museum severel years ago.Before its complete restoration.Great job.very nice museum and wonderfull planes.tanks for postings!

[Brian79camino]

oh my god...nice!...holy shit i would love to see this in person....the Italians had some beautiful planes, but they were underarmed and the pilots lacked horribly in their training...stunning example of a 202 though, just beautiful!

[EVOVIIIARGT1300JR]

Was it not either the Fiat g50 or Airmachi xx the fastest propeller aircraft of ww2? Faster then the Spit mark IX and Fw190? The Italians did know how to make a good looking aircraft like their cars anyway.

[EnterpriseXI]

how were you able to get that close to a very rear bird like that?

[coenijn]

lovely sm.79 on the background too

[Intifadark]

@McLarenMercedes You are talking about history. Memakemmara wrote just a stupid comment to waste time. I agree with you obviously.

[McLarenMercedes]

@Intifadark

The Finn ace Oiva Tuominen had 44 victories, of those 23 with the Fiat G.50. The most successful pilot with this fighter. Including the Italians themselves.

Considering the odds, the overwhelming material and numerical superiority of their enemy, the fact that Finland was short on men, food and weapons, I'd say they were the best fighters of all in WW2. Bear in mind they didn't get neither allied nor German support in the Winter War. Stalin learned a lesson in Finland.

[McLarenMercedes]

@Intifadark

First of all the highest scoring non-German ace in WW2 was the Finn Ilmari Juutilainen with 94 confirmed victories. Look him up.

Second of all the Finnish airforce had the highest percentage of downed aircraft in comparison to their own losses. For instance they flew the outdated Brewster Buffalo (a mid 30's American fighter) with a 32:1 win-loss rate. Considering the small numbers and outdated aircraft the Finns did miracles.

Also Finns used some Italian fighter aircraft.

[Mattebubben]

@Intifadark hmm well the Finnish used a good number of Fiat G50 fighers during the war so maby that was what i ment who knows =P

[Intifadark]

@mrmakemakkara Finnish? Are you drunken? Anyway, I don't see the reason to do this comment in a video about a WWII italian airplane...