"The Archer" ... Plate 2 ...
The Archer - Plate 2
Summer 1943. A Reggiane Re
2005 of the 362nd Squadriglia,
22nd Gruppo shoots down a
Spitfire VB with a head on
pass somewhere over the
Italian countryside.
Considered by many to be the
most beautiful of the three
"Serie 5" fighters Italy
produced around the
Daimler-Benz DB 605 engine,
the "Sagittario", (Archer) was
capable of holding its own
ground in combat with either
the US Mustang or the English
Spitfire. The Re 2005 Was a
sleek and graceful Design that
excelled in the hands of a
competent pilot, and although
its handling was considered to
be exquisite, it still mounted a
heavy weapons load. With a
pair of Breda-Safat 12.7mm
machine guns in the upper
cowling, one 20mm MG 151
cannon firing through the
propeller hub, and two more
Mauser 151s in the wings, The
Sagittario would have been a
serious threat to Allied fighters
and bombers. However,
because of production
difficulties compounded by
aerial bombing of the
Reggiane factories, only 30 or
so of these fine aircraft were
completed before Italy
capitulated in September of
1943
Summer 1943. A Reggiane Re
2005 of the 362nd Squadriglia,
22nd Gruppo shoots down a
Spitfire VB with a head on
pass somewhere over the
Italian countryside.
Considered by many to be the
most beautiful of the three
"Serie 5" fighters Italy
produced around the
Daimler-Benz DB 605 engine,
the "Sagittario", (Archer) was
capable of holding its own
ground in combat with either
the US Mustang or the English
Spitfire. The Re 2005 Was a
sleek and graceful Design that
excelled in the hands of a
competent pilot, and although
its handling was considered to
be exquisite, it still mounted a
heavy weapons load. With a
pair of Breda-Safat 12.7mm
machine guns in the upper
cowling, one 20mm MG 151
cannon firing through the
propeller hub, and two more
Mauser 151s in the wings, The
Sagittario would have been a
serious threat to Allied fighters
and bombers. However,
because of production
difficulties compounded by
aerial bombing of the
Reggiane factories, only 30 or
so of these fine aircraft were
completed before Italy
capitulated in September of
1943
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