Paran's post-war Centauro

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Fiat G.55 Centauro - 1st Fighter Regiment, Parani Army Air Force, 1946

In early 1946, Fiat restarted production of the G.55 Centauro by utilising 20 partially complete airframes remaining at it's Turin factory and a similar number of Fiat RA.1050 R.C.58 Tifone engines (a licence-built Daimler-Benz DB 605 rated at 1,475h.p.). Initially, Fiat expected that the new G.55's would be sold to the Regia Aeronautica (this was still before the establishment of the Aeronautica Militare) but with the country being desperate for foreign currency all 20  G.55's were sold to Paran where they were operated to good effect by the Parani Army Air Force who received their first examples in May 1946.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Skin Credit: Charles

Edited August 12, 2023 by Spinners
Extra piccie added

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