Macchi Folgore

The Macchi Folgore (Italian “thunderbolt“) was a World War II fighter aircraft built by Macchi Aeronautica and operated by the Regia Aeronautica (RA; Royal (Italian) Air Force). Macchi aircraft designed by Mario Castoldi received the “C“ letter in their model designation, hence the Folgore is referred to as the . Considered one of the most beautiful fighters to fly with wartime Axis forces, the was a development of the earlier Saetta, with a more powerful German Daimler-Benz DB 601 (