The aeroplane was tested in May 1941. It was an all-metal monoplane with a stressed-skin structure.
The fighter was initially used by the Americans for escort duties and, subsequently, in a tactical role where its extraordinary structural robustness was of fundamental importance.
It was distributed in post-war Italy to the 5th and 51st Wings, but some technical problems arose which led to its “downgrading” to visual and photographic reconnaissance.
The MUSAM in Vigna di Valle (Rome) keeps a specimen.
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