Fiat CR.42; Gloster Gladiator: Pedigree, or not?

[Sagittario64]

Got a question here guys. Ive got so little on the CR.42's career as a night-fighter in the Regia Aeronautica. does anyone know how it performed in this role? wiki is a bit null on the subject and for the hakans aviation page i cant find much

 

[al49]

Got a question here guys. Ive got so little on the CR.42's career as a night-fighter in the Regia Aeronautica. does anyone know how it performed in this role? wiki is a bit null on the subject and for the hakans aviation page i cant find much

What I remember is that was used as a night fighter by Regia Aeronautica and later, after September 1943 armistice, also by Luftwaffe 1./NSG 9 that used it in the fighter-bomber role.
There is a nice book in this subjec

In the above book there is a couple of pictures on page 33 that shows Fiat assembly line after an Allie air raid, but what is funny, as you can read in photo caption is that the raid took place in April 1944 and these planes were purposely built for the Germans. Later on the CR42 left room to Ju87D as soona s they were made available.

I will find out a bit more on Regia Aeronautica usage an I will post here my findings.
Alberto