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There where many disappointing aircrafts in the Regia Aeronautica, produced in small batches, maybe also for the wrong purpose and by manufacturers that after one model disappeared. The Re2002 could have been a wonderful plane only if used for the purpose it was designed and not to replace the...

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Ecco cosa aveva il 5°Stormo 101° Gruppo nel 1936 Saluti Alessandro

Ciao Alberto, you are right if you consider "entered service" as "started war operations". There where two Squadriglie with this aircraft 209th and 239th, 102nd Gruppo and some other 2002 of 101st Gruppo both part of 5°Stormo. They arrived in Crotone at 1200 hrs on the 10th of July and attacked...

Vioi dire a nessun Gruppo? Aereo per Reggiane?

Could you tell me to which Gruppo this plane was delivered?

Ciao Vincenzo Re 2002 "Ariete II" was ordered to Reggiane in Sept.1941. First aircraft MM7311 delivered 27.01.1943 to 102° Gruppo "Tuffatori" 5° Stormo. Test time has been extremely short and between May 18 and June 2nd, all aircrafts delivered were forbidden to fly due to one loss and minor...

The 2002 went into production September 1941 and the first lot of aircrafts was delivered to 102°Gruppo of 5°Stormo on the 27th of January 1943. You are right mentioning that the operations started when the US "invaded" Sicily with Operation Husky. This aircraft was never used in North Africa...

Purtroppo solo foto di Stukas tedeschi in aeroporti italiani Alessandro

You could not. These were taken by my father in 1940 just before the war was starting. Unfortunately many colour slides were lost. B&W are for sure much more.

Some pictures taken in Comiso. Alex

Some pics taken by my father. Alex

Some pics taken by my father. Alex

Neil, enclosed two pictures taken in Barce (Lybia) while transferring troops to the allied ( Italian-German) front against british troops. As you can see the first plane has still the civil colours while the second one has camo. This was extremely dangerous for pilots because flying military...

My father was flying this plane during the war with the transport groups and his only weapon was a Winchester rifle on his knees while crossing the Med If you want to know more I'll be happy to post something Alex