Macchi C.202 Folgore 21º Gruppo CT 356º Squadriglia 356-1 MM8114 Katemirowka (USSR) - September 1942
Unit: 356-Squadriglia, 21 Gruppo Autonomo C.T. Serial: 356-1 Russia, Winter 1942. Though the machine is being in 'desert camouflage'. The yellow complements belong already to Eastern Front.

Artist: © Roberto Gualdoni Source: "Aermacchi C.202" by Gianni Cattaneo and Giovanni Massimello. Ali d'Italia. Collana di monografie aeronautiche diretta da Giorgio Apostolo. (c) La Bancarella Aeronautica - Torino, 2006.

Macchi C.202 Folgore 21º Gruppo CT 356º Squadriglia 356-2 Voroshilovgrad, Ukraine Jan 1943
Unit: 356 Squadriglia, 21 Gruppo Autonomo Serial: 356-2 Voroshilovgrad, Ukraine, January 1943.
Artist: unknown Source: AVIONS Magazine, No.86, May 2000. (c) Avions. ISBN: 1243-8650

Macchi C.202 Folgore 51° Stormo 21° Gruppo 386° Squadriglia 51S21G386SA 386-1 USSR 1942
Unit: 386 Squadriglia, 22 Gruppo Autonoma C.T. Serial: 386-1 USSR, Spring 1942.
Artist: © P.Mazzardi Source: "Italian Aircraft of World War II" by Nico Sgarlato, No.6022, A Squadron/Signal Publications Inc.

Macchi C.202 Folgore 51° Stormo 21° Gruppo 382° Squadriglia 382-3 USSR 1942
Unit: 382 Squadriglia, 21 Gruppo, 51 Stormo Caccia Terrestre Serial: 382-3 Russian Front, Summer 1942. The machine is fit with so called 'continental camouflage'.
Artist: unknown Source: http://mujweb.atlas.cz/Veda/airwar/

Unit: 382 Squadriglia, 21 Gruppo, 51 Stormo Caccia Terrestre Serial: 382-3 Russian Front, Summer 1942. The machine is fit with so called 'continental camouflage'.
Artist: © P.Endsleigh Castle ARAeS Source: 'The Macchi C.202', Profile Publications Ltd, No.28

Macchi C.202 Folgore 51° Stormo 21° Gruppo 382° Squadriglia 382-4 USSR 1942
Unit: 382 Squadriglia, 21 Gruppo, 51 Stormo Caccia Terrestre Serial: 382-4 Autumn 1942.
Artist: unknown Source: AVIONS Magazine, No.86, May 2000. (c) Avions. ISBN: 1243-8650

 

51 Stormo

  

21 Gruppo CT

  21 Gruppo CT Squadriglie 354, 355 Stormo 51

21 Gruppo CT Squadriglie 354, 355 Stormo 51
Arrival Base Country Aircraft Zone Duties
10 Jun 1940 Ciampino Sud Italy CR 32 SQA3 NF. DF
4 Aug 1940 Capodichino Italy CR 32 G50 MC 200 SQA3 NF. DF
12 Apr 1941 Bari Italy MC 200 SQA4 DF
4 May 1942 Otopem? Romania MC 200 CSIR IT
4 May 1942 Stalino Russia MC 200 CSIR AR. AE. DF
Jul 1942 Voroscilovgrad Russia MC 200 CSIR AR. DF. GA
9 Jul 1942 Makejevka Russia MC 200 CSIR AR. DF
24 Jul 1942 Voroscilovgrad Russia MC 200 MC 202 CSIR AE. DF. GA
22 Jan 1943 Stalino Russia MC 200 MC 202 CSIR DF. GA
Jan 1943 Saporoshje Russia MC 200 MC 202 CSIR DF
Feb 1943 Odessa Russia MC 200 MC 202 CSIR IT
May 1943 Zagabria Yugoslavia MC 200 MC 202 CSIR IT
15 May 1943 Firenze Italy MC 202 SQA3 TG
Jun 1943 Capua Italy MC 202 SQA3 DF
23 Jun 1943 Chmisia Sicily MC 202 ASIC DF
15 Jul 1943 Palermo Sicily MC 202 ASIC IT
16 Jul 1943 Manduna Italy MC 202 SQA4 DF
24 Jul 1943 Pescara Italy MC 202 SQA2 DF
6 Aug 1943 Gioia del Colle Italy MC 202 SQA4 DF

356 sq became Autonomoon 3 June I940. but rejoined the Gruppo on 4 August. On 13 June the CR 32s were detached to Guidonia as a nightfighter section. The Gruppo transferred from 51 to 52 Stormo on 11 September. 354 and 355 sq became Autonomo and moved to the Greek-Albanian front on 28 October. Three CR 32 qtr nightfighters were assigned to 356 sq on 7 November, to add to their G 50s. However, by december the unit was training on 17 MC 200s. as well as a few G 50s.

In April they moved to Bari with nine Macchis for operations in the Yugoslav campaign. Subsequently, they prepared for antipartisan duties when orders came for the Russian front. 382 and 386 sq now joined 356 sq. The unit may have been on convoy escort duties between Tunisia and Sardinia in August.

Between March and July 1942 the unit personnel moved to Stalino. replacing 22 Gruppo. They received that unit’s surviving aircraft in addition to the 10 new MC 200s they had brought with them. In early June 361 sq arrived from the Aegean.

On 27 June two squadriglie were detached to Borvenkovo to cover the crossing of the River Don at Izyum. carrying out fighter sweeps and ground strafing. Using Voroscilovgrad as their main base, squadriglie were detached where needed most. Two went to Tazinskaja as escorts to Ju 87 Ds from 24 July, and two then went to Oblivskaja four days later. In August two were on intercept duties at Millerovo and one was at Kantermirovka until 18 December when it moved to Starobelsk. Reunited back at Voroscilovgrad by the end of December, the last operation was carried out on 17 January 1943 over the Millerovo area. Five days later they retired to Stalino. ready for the return journey home. Fifteen unserviceable aircraft were left behind.

During September they had received 12 MC 202s. and later two photo-recce versions had arrived. Bad weather hindered operations and the MC 202s only managed 17 sorties with no losses or claims. The MC 200s claimed 88 Russian aircraft for the loss of 15. A creditable performance for an open-cockpit fighter in the Russian Autumn and Winter! In February , at Odessa, the unit had 24 MC 200s and nine MC 202s left.

Fully equipping with the MC 202 Scries VIII. they were sent to Sicily two months later. 382 sq left the Gruppo about this time. By August the Gruppo was back in Italy with only a few' serviceable aircraft.

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Regia Aeronautica Aces (World War II)
Ace No of Kills
Teresio Vittorio Martinoli22 kills
Franco Lucchini22 kills (1 in Spain)
Leonardo Ferrulli21 kills (1 in Spain)
Franco Bordoni-Bisleri19 kills
Luigi Gorrini19 kills
Mario Visintini17 kills
Ugo Drago17 kills
Mario Bellagambi14 kills
Luigi Baron14 kills
Luigi Gianella12 kills
Attilio Sanson12 kills
Willy Malagola11 Kills
Carlo Magnaghi11 kills
Angelo Mastroagostino11 kills
Giorgio Solaroli di Briona11 kills
Mario Veronesi11 kills
Fernando Malvezzi10 kills
Giulio Reiner10 kills
Giuseppe Robetto10 kills
Carlo Maurizio Ruspoli di Poggio Suasa10 kills
Massimo Salvatore10 kills
Claudio Solaro10 kills
Ennio Tarantola10 kills
Giulio Torresi10 kills
Adriano Visconti10 kills

 

 Italy Map

 

    Macchi C.202 Folgore Bibliography:

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    Magazine References: +

  • Airfix Magazines (English) - http://www.airfix.com/
  • Avions (French) - http://www.aerostories.org/~aerobiblio/rubrique10.html
  • FlyPast (English) - http://www.flypast.com/
  • Flugzeug Publikations GmbH (German) - http://vdmedien.com/flugzeug-publikations-gmbh-hersteller_verlag-vdm-heinz-nickel-33.html
  • Flugzeug Classic (German) - http://www.flugzeugclassic.de/
  • Klassiker (German) - http://shop.flugrevue.de/abo/klassiker-der-luftfahrt
  • Le Fana de L'Aviation (French) - http://boutique.editions-lariviere.fr/site/abonnement-le-fana-de-l-aviation-626-4-6.html
  • Le Fana de L'Aviation (French) - http://www.pdfmagazines.org/tags/Le+Fana+De+L+Aviation/
  • Osprey (English) - http://www.ospreypublishing.com/
  • Revi Magazines (Czech) - http://www.revi.cz/

    Web References: +

  • Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macchi_C.202_Folgore

 

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