Reggiane

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Officine Meccaniche Reggiane SpA was an Italian aircraft manufacturer, owned by Caproni (Count Gianni Caproni) and situated in Reggio, southeast of Milan. The first aircraft produced was the medium bomber Piaggio P.32bis, which had been developed from the Caproni Ca.405C Procellaria.

Reggiane would eventually become famous for its agile single-seat fighter aircraft. When World War II erupted, Reggiane's fighters were taken over by the Regia Aeronautica (the Italian Air Force). Other fighters found their way to the German Luftwaffe and to the Hungarian and Swedish Air Forces.

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