C.205

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C.205 is the Italian Air Force designation for the Macchi C.205 Veltro, a World War II-era single-seat fighter aircraft.

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C.205 canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II aircraft
fighter aircraft
military aircraft
single-seat aircraft
aircraftRole fighter
airForceDesignation C.205 self-link
airframeFamily Macchi C.202 derivative
armamentType cannons
machine guns
cockpitType enclosed cockpit
configuration low-wing monoplane
single-engine
contemporaryOf Macchi C.202 Folgore
Messerschmitt Bf 109
Supermarine Spitfire
countryOfOrigin Italy
crew 1
designer Mario Castoldi
engineModel Fiat RA.1050 RC.58 Tifone
engineOrigin license-built Daimler-Benz DB 605
enteredServicePeriod early 1940s
era World War II era
firstFlightPeriod early 1940s
fuselageMaterial metal construction
hasDesignation Macchi C.205 Veltro
hasVariantFamily Serie 1
Serie 3
landingGearType retractable tailwheel landing gear
manufacturer Aeronautica Macchi
nationalityOperator Italian Social Republic Air Force
surface form: Aeronautica Nazionale Repubblicana

Luftwaffe
surface form: German Luftwaffe

Regia Aeronautica
Egyptian Air Force
surface form: Royal Egyptian Air Force

Syrian Arab Air Force
surface form: Syrian Air Force
nickName Veltro
nickNameMeaning Greyhound
powerplantType piston engine
propellerType three-bladed constant-speed propeller
propulsion propeller-driven
serviceBranch Aeronautica Militare
surface form: Italian Air Force
usedBySide Axis powers
usedFor air superiority missions
fighter escort
ground attack (limited)
interception missions
usedInConflict World War II
wingType cantilever wing

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