GUSTO VIZZOLA!

The Caproni-Vizzola F.6M

- Stephen J.Di Nucci

Introduction

Most World War II modellers will be aware of Caproni aircraft, but it may not be widely known that there were several companies in the Caproni group, one of them being Caproni-Vizzola, from Vizzola Ticino, Varese. The Italians invested in a bewildering number of fighter and ground-attack designs, aircraft that never made it beyond prototype stage, or where only a few were built. One such was the F.6M. Caproni-Vizzola started with its F.4 and F.5 fighters, but only a handful of F.5s entered Regia Aeronautica service. The F.6 and the F.6M (M for its all-metal design) were developed from the F.5 by installing a licencebuilt Daimler-Benz DB 605A engine. The F.6M never made it into production, although the prototype eventually got attached to 303 Squadriglia for night fighter duties over Rome and Naples.

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