| G-55 prior to the 1943 armistice equipped 353 Squadriglia and was used in the defence of rome. Only 31 had been delivered up to that time. After the armistice operations were mainly with the Salo republics Montefusco squadron, (I think it was a squadron) based at Venetia Reale, and later, with the three squadriglia that formed the 2 Gruppo Caccia Terrestre The G-55s losses were heavy, mainly due to the unrelenting attacks undertaken by the Allied TAFs against the airfields in Italy.
I also believe the G-55 was used to equip certain LW units. After the war, production of the G-55 was revived, and units produced used to equip the air forces of italy, Argentina, and Egypt.
The performance and armament of the G-55 was quite good, however, it was always heavily outnumbered, and the Axis pilots that flew it after 1943 were generally inferior to their allied adversaries.
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