Macchi C.205V was the most advanced Italian WWII fighter. Two years after the end of the conflict, the Macchi company decided ...

Aeronautica Macchi S. p. A. designed and built the Folgore (Lightning), which was based on an earlier Macchi design powered by a radial engine, the C.200 Saeta (Thunderbolt). To create the Folgore, ...

Final days of 1948 and the first week of 1949 saw an intensive use of Macchi C.205V by the Egyptian Air Force. This also led to several confrontations with Israeli fighters such as Spitfire and ...