Macchi C.202 Photos

Here’s a rather grainy colour shot. I always imagined it was an allied practice having a bloke guiding from the wing, but with a nose like that… Also a bit of a C202, an air driven horizon. Not sure it was unique to C202s but can’t find a pic of it anywhere else. Any other bits out there? I seem to remember some labels coming from the Kenley dump.

……made of the finest fibreglass! 😉

Only the best will do……………:D

Thought you might like to see these they were taken at Farnborough in 08.

……made of the finest fibreglass! 😉

Thought you might like to see these they were taken at Farnborough in 08.

http://www.sandersaircraft.com/restoration_fiat_g59b-zuccoli.asp

Might not have to go that far. A Fiat G-59 was airworthy in Australia a few years ago as part of Guido Zuccoli’s collection (see link). The G-59 was essentially a G-55 re-engined with a Merlin (and a few other refinements). Not quite a Macchi 202/205 but of a similar era…..wishful thinking….similar silouette and engine sound if re-engined (re-re-engined?) with a DB605.

Unfortunately, I don’t know what the current flight status of the G-59 is.

Without wanting to deviate too far in the thread, a G-55 is under construction with the appropriate DB 605 at MeierMotors for Jerry Yagen´s Fighter Factory right now, using a G-59 airframe.

http://www.meiermotors.com/en/aircraft/fiat-g55–g59-centauro-.html

Michael

Not a Macchi 2002 as you may be able just make out due to the fact its a Vespa.. My old bucket i painted up with a 2OO2 aircraft as inspiration. Cant remember the sqn though??

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How about an airworthy Fiat G-55 instead?

Perhaps we will get lucky and they will find one in the desert and restore it to flight. 🙂

http://www.sandersaircraft.com/restoration_fiat_g59b-zuccoli.asp

Might not have to go that far. A Fiat G-59 was airworthy in Australia a few years ago as part of Guido Zuccoli’s collection (see link). The G-59 was essentially a G-55 re-engined with a Merlin (and a few other refinements). Not quite a Macchi 202/205 but of a similar era…..wishful thinking….similar silouette and engine sound if re-engined (re-re-engined?) with a DB605.

Unfortunately, I don’t know what the current flight status of the G-59 is.

Oh ok. Such a shame that of all those captured aircraft, there are now only two C.202’s in existence.

Perhaps we will get lucky and they will find one in the desert and restore it to flight. 🙂

PhantomII: This was taken in 1943 after the Allies took the Benghazi area. Dozens of Italian and German aircraft were abandoned there, so many had bits missing.
https://sites.google.com/site/lgarey/benghazigraveyard

Captured at Malta

Here’s one from my collection; a C.202 flown to Malta from Sicily after the Italian Island had been captured. Note canopy removed. My info is that it was done as a safety measure for a quick exit by the pilot, unaccustomed as they were to side-opening canopies.

Definitely C.202. The front shot shows the ‘squarish’ air cooler under the nose, the C.205 had two ‘barrel-shaped’ intakes instead and, of course, cannon armament in the wings except for the early production series.

Would love to see a 202 or 205 fly, beautiful aircraft – unfortunately there don’t appear to be any possible candidates for a restoration.

From that angle, I’m even more convinced it’s a 202.

Do you know the story of why the cowling is missing on that particular example?

A front view this time: I would go for a 202!

It’s really hard to tell as the cowling is one of the best ways to tell the two apart as they are generally speaking the same airframe, but with a different engine. Too bad it is missing in this case…lol

I’m leaning toward the 202 though because the spinner seems to be a bit more pointed….didn’t 205’s have a slightly more blunt spinner tip?

Too bad you can’t see the front of the wing better….20-mm cannons would just about guarantee it was a 205.

C.202…final answer. 🙂

Thanks for sharing!

Here is another of Tony’s photos. Is this a C.202 or 205?

Perhaps not quite what you are looking for, but an interesting photo of the tail of a C.202, taken in the Benghazi “graveyard” by Tony Tubbenhauer in 1943.