The Fiat G.55 Centauro was a single-engine single-seat World War II fighter aircraft used by the Regia Aeronautica and the Aeronautica Nazionale Repubblicana in 1943–1945. It was designed and built in Turin by Fiat. The Fiat G.55 was arguably the best type produced in Italy during World War II, but it did not enter production until 1943, when, after comparative tests against the Messerschmitt Bf 109G and the Focke-Wulf Fw 190, the Luftwaffe itself regarded the Fiat G.55 as "the best Axis fighter".
Fiat G.55 Centauro
A Fiat G.55 with ANR livery exhibited at the Museo storico dell'Aeronautica Militare di Vigna di Valle, on Bracciano lake, in Lazio region.
G.55 S prototype c. 1945
Fiat G.56
National Republican Air Force
The National Republican Air Force was the air force of the Italian Social Republic, a World War II German puppet state in Italy.
A Fiat G.55 Centauro in ANR livery, exhibited at the Aeronautica Militare Vigna di Valle museum.