page_title: Macchi C.205
section_title: Survivors
hierarchical_section_title: Macchi C.205 / Survivors
caption_attribution_description: Macchi M.C.205V Veltro (Greyhound)
context_page_description: The Macchi C.205 Veltro was an Italian World War II fighter aircraft built by the Aeronautica Macchi. Along with the Reggiane Re.2005 and Fiat G.55, the Macchi C.205 was one of the three "Serie 5" Italian fighters built around the powerful Daimler-Benz DB 605 engine. The C.205 was a development of the earlier C.202 Folgore. With a top speed of some 640 km/h and equipped with a pair of 20 mm cannon as well as 12.7 mm Breda machine guns, the Macchi C.205 Veltro was highly respected by Allied and Axis pilots alike. Widely regarded as one of the best Italian aircraft of World War II, it proved to be extremely effective, destroying a large number of Allied bombers. The Macchi C. 205 proved capable of meeting fighters such as the North American P-51D Mustang on equal terms, which encouraged the Luftwaffe to use a number of these aircraft to equip one Gruppe.
  While the C.205 was able to match the best Allied opponents in speed and manoeuvrability, it was introduced late in the conflict. Due to the limitations of the Italian war economy, only a small production run was delivered before the end of the war. Like the Spitfire, the Veltro was tricky in its construction and slow to build.
context_section_description: Three Veltros survive today, one of which was restored to flying condition and participated in numerous aerial displays until the end of 1986.
  All C.205s that are preserved are hybrids made up of parts of C.202s mixed with those of C.205s.
  One, MM.91818 (bearing the registration MM 9372), is on display at the National Museum of Science and Technology in Milan. Restoration was completed in 1981 by the Italian Air Force together with Fiat and Aermacchi.
  Another two are on display at the Museo storico dell'Aeronautica Militare in Vigna di Valle.
  MM.9546 is displayed as a MC.205 and MM.92166 is displayed as a MC.202.
  In November 2006 the engine and cockpit of a crashed C.205 were found 8 meters underground, with the pilot still in his seat, in Correzzola,
  A C.205 replica can be seen outside Rome's Palazzo dell'Aeronautica, and another in Volandia Park and Museum of Flight at Vizzola Ticino.
caption: Macchi M.C.205V Veltro (Greyhound)
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