Re: Macchi MC.202 Folgore

par TRINIDAD Lun 01 Mar 2010, 16:26

After the bombing of Macchi Industries in 1944, the combat career of the C.202 and C.205 was nearly over.

After the war, however, some aircraft that had survived along with newly manufactured C.205s. In Italy,
Folgores served until 1948.

The Royal Egyptian Air Force ordered a total of 42 C.205s, but 31 were re-engined Folgores (C.202s) armed with only two 12.7 mm Breda machine guns.

Some of these aircraft fought against Israel, and were in service until 1951.

par TRINIDAD Lun 01 Mar 2010, 16:27

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Folgore Aces

Macchi C.202 top scoring pilot was Sergente Maggiore Teresio Vittorio Martinoli.

He is credited with 22 individual "kills" plus two probables and 14 shared.

Seventeen of these victories were obtained flying the Folgores of 73a Squadriglia from 9° Gruppo (from 4° Stormo).

He was to be killed not by an enemy pilot, but during a training flight with the [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] on the 25 August 1944.

Capitano Franco Lucchini, credited with 21/26 individual victories and 52 shared, began to fly the "Folgore" after having shot down 10 enemy aircraft.

He was killed in his C.202 on 5 July 1943 while attacking a B-17 over Gerbini, Sicily.

par TRINIDAD Lun 01 Mar 2010, 16:28

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par TRINIDAD Lun 01 Mar 2010, 16:30

Variants and production

Like its predecessor C.200, the C.202 had relatively few modifications, with only 116 modifications during its career, most of them practically invisible externally.

The total series production ordered was 1,454: 900 to Breda, 150 to SAI Ambrosini, 403 to Aermacchi.

The amount produced was actually 1,106 and not 1,220 as previous stated.

Breda built 649 (Series XVI deleted, Series XII and XV partially completed caused the difference); Aermacchi made 390 examples, SAI only 67.

One of the differences between prototype and series production was the lack of radio antenna and the retractable tailwheel (these differences caused the slightly advantage in speed); the difference in speed was not so great and so, the series version had the fixed tailwheel and the radio antenna.

par TRINIDAD Lun 01 Mar 2010, 16:30

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par TRINIDAD Lun 01 Mar 2010, 16:31

However, the support for the engine, originally made in steel, was replaced with a lighter aluminium structure.

C.202

Starting with the Serie VII, the fighter had a new wing with a provision for two 7.7 mm (.303 in) [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] machine guns and an armoured windscreen (previously, only the armoured seat and the self-sealing tanks were
provided). Serie IX's weight was 2,515/3,069 kg with the 7.7 machine guns seldom installed.

C.202AS

Dust filters for operations in North Africa (AS - Africa Settentrionale, North Africa); they little affected the speed and so, almost all Folgores had them and thus were in C.202AS standard; finally, starting with Serie XI there was a provision for two 50, 100 or 160 kgs bombs, small bombs clusters (10, 15, 20 kg) or 100 l tanks.

These underwing pylons were rarely utilized, as Folgores were needed in the interceptor roles.

C.202CB

Underwing hardpoints for bombs or drop tanks (CB - Caccia Bombardiere, Fighter-Bomber)

par TRINIDAD Lun 01 Mar 2010, 16:32

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C.202EC

Probably meaning Esperimento Cannoni, it was another linking ring between Veltro and Folgore.

One aircraft (Serie III, s/n MM 91974) was fitted with a pair of gondola-mounted 20 mm cannon with 200 rounds each (it flew on 12 May 1943); later it was turned into a C.205V.

Another four examples were so equipped, but, despite the good results in the trials (aimed to boost the Folgore's firepower), there was no further production, because the cannons penalized the aircraft's performance.

There was, in the Folgore, no room to mount them inside the wings or the nose, so it was developed the MC.205V/Ns.

Neverthless, the XII series could have introduced a new wing with MG 151 provisions.

This is not well documented, as this series was produced by Breda after the Armistice, and was interrupted with the devastating USAAF bombings, together with many others aircraft; among them, also Macchi 205 production and the 206 prototype (30 April 1944; in five days, the USAAF managed to destroy both Fiat and Macchi facilities, eliminating all of Italy's fighter production).

C.202RF

Equipped with cameras for photo-reconnaissance missions (R - Ricognizione, Reconnaissance), very few produced, later the recce role will be couvered by Veltros.

C.202D

Prototype with a revised radiator, under the nose, similar to the P-40's one (s/n. MM 7768)

C.202 AR.4

at least one was modified as 'drone director' (coupled with S.79s), and it was planned to use Folgores also as 'Mistel', with an AR.4 "radiobomba". (a sort of remote-control kamikaze bomber)

C.202 with DB 605 and other engines

Macchi MC.202 with DB 605 were initially known as MC.202 bis; later as the C.205 Veltro. Macchi C.200, C.202 and C.205 shared many common components.

The MC.200A/2 was a MC.200 with Folgore wings (MM.8238). After the Armistice, Aeronautica Sannita or the Co-Belligerant Italian AF began MC.205 modifying C.202s with DB 605s.

These aircraft were known also as "Folgeltro". Around two dozen were made.

Another Folgore was modified with DB 601E-1 (1,350 hp) in summer 1944, but this hybrid with Bf-109F technology crashed on 21 January 1946.

The MC. 204 was a version with a L.121 Asso (1,000 hp); proposed early in the war (28 September 1940), but all the effort continued only with DB-601 engines.

Early Folgores had original DB 601s, while from the Serie VII, RC.41s were available. Italian engines had 100 hp less than the German DB 601s.

After the war, 31 C.202 airframes were fitted with license-built [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] engines and sold to Egypt as [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien], with another 11 'real' MC.205s (with MG151 cannons in the wings).

par TRINIDAD Lun 01 Mar 2010, 16:36

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par TRINIDAD Lun 01 Mar 2010, 16:36

Specifications (C.202CB Serie IV-VIII)

General characteristics

Crew: One
Length: 8.85 m (29 ft 0.5 in)
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Height: 3.49 m (11 ft 5 in)
Wing area: 16.82 m² (181.04 ft²)
Empty weight: 2,491 kg (5,492 lb)
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Powerplant: 1× [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] (Alfa Romeo R.A.1000 R.C.41I / R.C.44I) liquid-cooled supercharged inverted V-12, 1,175 hp (864 kW) at 2,500 rpm for takeoff

par TRINIDAD Lun 01 Mar 2010, 16:37

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Performance

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par TRINIDAD Lun 01 Mar 2010, 16:38

Armament

2 × 12.7 mm [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] machine guns in the engine cowling, 360/400 rpg
2 × 7.7 mm Breda-SAFAT machine guns in the wings, 500 rpg
2 × 50, 100, or 160 kg (110, 220, or 350 lb) bombs
2 × 100 L (26.4 US gal; 22.0 imp gal) drop tanks

par TRINIDAD Lun 01 Mar 2010, 16:39

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