page_title: Macchi C.205
section_title: Operators
hierarchical_section_title: Macchi C.205 / Operators
caption_attribution_description: English: A Macchi C.205 with German markings.
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:  Independent State of Croatia
  Zrakoplovstvo Nezavisne Države Hrvatske received 4 aircraft.
   Egypt
  Royal Egyptian Air Force
  No.2 Squadron REAF
   Germany
  Luftwaffe
  II/JG 77 operated 25 aircraft.
   Kingdom of Italy
  Regia Aeronautica
  Italian Co-Belligerent Air Force received 6 aircraft.
   Italian Social Republic
  Aeronautica Nazionale Repubblicana received 101 aircraft.
   Italy
  Italian Air Force operated some Macchi C.205 until 1947
   Australia
  Royal Australian Air Force One Macchi MC.205V Serie 1 was captured intact by Australians on Pachino Airfield, in Sicily, Summer 1943. It was a MC.205 of First Series without the cannons in the wing, but armed with two 12,7mm machine guns in engine cowling syncronized with the propeller and two 7,7mm machine guns on the wings.
caption: A Macchi C.205 with German markings in 1943.
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