FIAT G55 SERIES I - ANR 5 GIALLO
CFS3 - V2.83.59
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It is the intention of the AvHistory 1% project to over time build the most accurate aircraft that the CFS3 software can support. The development of a 1% aircraft requires specific and in many cases dramatic changes to the aircraft delivered with the MS game as well as the addition of aircraft built from the ground up by third parties which were never included in the original MS game. We believe that because the AvHistory 1% aircraft are materially different they should not be mixed with "box stock" aircraft in online combat.
All the planes 1% listed for download are qualified for use in our AvHistory William Tell Meet Air Combat Ladder. For information and to get the sign up sheet for the ladder please go to the LINKS section at http://www.avhistory.org
No AvHistory 1% aircraft maybe provided for download from any site without express written consent of AvHistory. Additionally, direct linking to our download site is forbidden.
FIAT G55 SERIES I - ANR 5 GIALLO
This aircraft was built by SARGE using version 2.83.59 of the AvHistory 1% Assembly Line process. The 1% version of this plane is based on Giovanni "Nanni" A. Cignoni's outstanding original G-55 visual.
After the Armistice between Italy & the Allies some of the Sottoserie 0's delivered to the Regia Aereonautica were shipped to North Italy where they were sequestered by Germans and then delivered to the Aviazione Repubblicana (AR, later in 1944 the name changed in Aviazione Nazionale Repubblicana, or ANR). In the meanwhile, the production of the aircraft belonging to the Serie I had started in Turin under the control of the German authorities. In November 1943 the completion of 128 G55's was authorized and started the delivery of the new aircrafts to the units of the AR.
Production of Serie I G55's continued until August 1944. In April 1944 an Allied raid over Turin produced heavy damage to the Aeritalia plants, destroying many G55's, some near to be completed in the assembly lines and others ready for the delivery on the factory airfield. In August, after the MM91150 episode, the German authorities stopped the G55 production and ordered the scrapping of all the aircrafts in the factory. In September all Aeritalia activities officially ended. During this period about 50 G55's were delivered to the ANR.
The ANR, fighters units, were organized in two Gruppi Caccia (Fighter Groups), each one with a Nucleo Comando (Command Flight) and three Squadriglie (Squadrons): 1st, 2nd and 3rd in the I Group, and 4th, 5th and 6th in the II Group. There were also a Squadriglia Complementare d'Allarme (Complementary Scramble Squadron) and a Squadriglia Scuola Caccia (Fighter School Squadron). A third Fighter Group was planned but never constituted.
The first Squadron to be equipped with G55's was the Squadriglia Complementare d'Allarme. This Squadriglia was named "Montefusco" (that is a little town in South of Italy, known for wine production), and was based at Venaria Reale, near Turin, were it operate in defense of the city and the industries, among which there were the Fiat/Aeritalia plants for the G55 production. The Montefusco was equipped with Sottoserie 0's captured by Germans after the Armistice and new produced Serie I's. The Montefusco started its operations in January 1944. Among the Squadron successes there was a B17 on 29 March, the same day the Commander of the Squadron, Capt. Giovanni Bonet, was killed in action. After that day the name of the Squadron changed in "Montefusco-Bonet". In May 1944 the squadron was redeployed at Reggio Emilia and later in June it was incorporated in the I Fighter Group.
A Serie 1 belonging to the Montefusco-Bonet Squadron, notice the signature on the nose (1944) Nanni
The Fiat G-55 Centauro, arguably the best Italian production fighter of the Second World War, was designed around requirements issued by the Direzione Generale Costruzioni of the Ministero in 1941, which intended to provide the Regia Aeronautica with a first line fighter equal to any being produced by the Allies.
Fiat reinstalled the G.55 assembly line after the war, using wartime manufactured assemblies and components to produce the G.55A single seat fighter/advanced trainer of which the prototype was first flown on 5 September 1946. The Italian Aeronautica Militaire procured 19 G.55As and 30 were supplied to Argentina, which returned 17 in 1948 for resale to Egypt, The Italian Aeronautica Militaire acquired 10 of these, and 15 were sold to Argentina in 1948.
CFS3 - V2.83.59
AvHistory 1% Aircraft General Statement and Installation Instructions
It is the intention of the AvHistory 1% project to over time build the most accurate aircraft that the CFS3 software can support. The development of a 1% aircraft requires specific and in many cases dramatic changes to the aircraft delivered with the MS game as well as the addition of aircraft built from the ground up by third parties which were never included in the original MS game. We believe that because the AvHistory 1% aircraft are materially different they should not be mixed with "box stock" aircraft in online combat.
All the planes 1% listed for download are qualified for use in our AvHistory William Tell Meet Air Combat Ladder. For information and to get the sign up sheet for the ladder please go to the LINKS section at http://www.avhistory.org
No AvHistory 1% aircraft maybe provided for download from any site without express written consent of AvHistory. Additionally, direct linking to our download site is forbidden.
FIAT G55 SERIES I - ANR 5 GIALLO
This aircraft was built by SARGE using version 2.83.59 of the AvHistory 1% Assembly Line process. The 1% version of this plane is based on Giovanni "Nanni" A. Cignoni's outstanding original G-55 visual.
After the Armistice between Italy & the Allies some of the Sottoserie 0's delivered to the Regia Aereonautica were shipped to North Italy where they were sequestered by Germans and then delivered to the Aviazione Repubblicana (AR, later in 1944 the name changed in Aviazione Nazionale Repubblicana, or ANR). In the meanwhile, the production of the aircraft belonging to the Serie I had started in Turin under the control of the German authorities. In November 1943 the completion of 128 G55's was authorized and started the delivery of the new aircrafts to the units of the AR.
Production of Serie I G55's continued until August 1944. In April 1944 an Allied raid over Turin produced heavy damage to the Aeritalia plants, destroying many G55's, some near to be completed in the assembly lines and others ready for the delivery on the factory airfield. In August, after the MM91150 episode, the German authorities stopped the G55 production and ordered the scrapping of all the aircrafts in the factory. In September all Aeritalia activities officially ended. During this period about 50 G55's were delivered to the ANR.
The ANR, fighters units, were organized in two Gruppi Caccia (Fighter Groups), each one with a Nucleo Comando (Command Flight) and three Squadriglie (Squadrons): 1st, 2nd and 3rd in the I Group, and 4th, 5th and 6th in the II Group. There were also a Squadriglia Complementare d'Allarme (Complementary Scramble Squadron) and a Squadriglia Scuola Caccia (Fighter School Squadron). A third Fighter Group was planned but never constituted.
The first Squadron to be equipped with G55's was the Squadriglia Complementare d'Allarme. This Squadriglia was named "Montefusco" (that is a little town in South of Italy, known for wine production), and was based at Venaria Reale, near Turin, were it operate in defense of the city and the industries, among which there were the Fiat/Aeritalia plants for the G55 production. The Montefusco was equipped with Sottoserie 0's captured by Germans after the Armistice and new produced Serie I's. The Montefusco started its operations in January 1944. Among the Squadron successes there was a B17 on 29 March, the same day the Commander of the Squadron, Capt. Giovanni Bonet, was killed in action. After that day the name of the Squadron changed in "Montefusco-Bonet". In May 1944 the squadron was redeployed at Reggio Emilia and later in June it was incorporated in the I Fighter Group.
A Serie 1 belonging to the Montefusco-Bonet Squadron, notice the signature on the nose (1944) Nanni
The Fiat G-55 Centauro, arguably the best Italian production fighter of the Second World War, was designed around requirements issued by the Direzione Generale Costruzioni of the Ministero in 1941, which intended to provide the Regia Aeronautica with a first line fighter equal to any being produced by the Allies.
Fiat reinstalled the G.55 assembly line after the war, using wartime manufactured assemblies and components to produce the G.55A single seat fighter/advanced trainer of which the prototype was first flown on 5 September 1946. The Italian Aeronautica Militaire procured 19 G.55As and 30 were supplied to Argentina, which returned 17 in 1948 for resale to Egypt, The Italian Aeronautica Militaire acquired 10 of these, and 15 were sold to Argentina in 1948.
