After the M.C.72, Castoldi worked on designs for Italian fighters.

The aircraft showed that it had enough agility, once freed of its bombload, to hold its own against other Italian fighters.

Performance was good enough to compete with other Italian fighters - endurance was much better.

Joseph agrees and begins to fight a large Italian fighter.

The battle resulted in 10 transports and two Italian fighters being shot down.

It is also possible some Italian fighters were shot down as well.

However, the aircraft in which he and his staff were passengers was forced down over enemy-controlled Sicily by a group of Italian fighters.

The first 1:72 model was the Italian fighter Fiat G.55.

After the modified wings of the Saetta were introduced, the C.200 proved to be, for a time, the best Italian fighter.

After only three days of action from Tatsinskaya, one third of the Italian fighters had been shot down.