Fiat CR.25

40 CR.25s were ordered (later reduced to ten, the two prototypes and other eight airplanes) after the operative failure of the apparently more promising Breda Ba.88 bomber. Later, it was decided to use the CR.25 as a reconnaissance plane and as escort fighter, with a total of nine aircraft (a prototype and the eight pre-production aircraft) for this role. It was used during the war by the 173^a Squadriglia Ricognizione Strategica Terrestre (Strategic Land Reconnaissance Squadron), operating from Sicily. Despite positive reports from the pilots, and a proposal by Fiat to resume production, no further aircraft were produced.

The prototype MM 332, refurbished as personnel transport, was assigned to the Italian embassy in Berlin.

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• CR.25 : Twin-engined reconnaissance bomber aircraft, two prototypes built.
• CR.25bis : Strategic reconnaissance aircraft, long-range escort fighter aircraft, eight preproduction aircraft built.
• CR.25 D : The prototype MM (Matricola Militare) 332 aircraft, redesignated CR.25 D as a transport for the Italian air attaché in Berlin.
• CR.25quater : The CR.25quater, was a more heavily armed version with a slight increase in wing area and 1175 HP engines proposed from FIAT in the spring of 1943. It remained on the drawing tables.

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• [https://comandosupremo.com/fiat-cr-25/ Fiat CR.25]
• Garello, GianCarlo. CR 25. Turin: La Bancarella Aeronautica, 1997.
• {{cite book |last1=Green |first1= William |last2 =Swanborough |first2= Gordon |title=The Complete Book of Fighters: An illustrated encyclopedia of every fighter aircraft built and flown |publisher=Smithmark Publishers|location=New York |year=1994|isbn=0-8317-3939-8}}
• {{cite book |last=Thompson |first=Jonathan W. |title=Italian Civil and Military aircraft 1930-1945 |publisher=Aero Publishers Inc. |location=USA |year=1963 |isbn=0-8168-6500-0 }}

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CR.25

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