Italeri 1/72 Fiat Cr 42 Cn Falco Night Fighter Model Kit

The Fiat CR.42 CN Falco (Falcon) night fighter — an extraordinary adaptation of Italy's last biplane fighter for nocturnal interception duties. The CR.42 CN carried flame dampers on its exhaust, a rudimentary radio direction finder, and operated as a visual-range night interceptor against RAF bombers over Italy. That a biplane was pressed into night fighter service in WWII speaks to the desperate innovation of wartime aviation. This 1/72 scale Italeri kit documents this fascinating footnote in Italian aviation history.