On display at RAFM Hendon. Built in 1940, this Falco was deployed with the Corpo Aereo Italiano to Belgium, reaching on 19 Oct 1940 to fight alongside the Luftwaffe. During a daylight attack on 11 Nov 1940, the aircraft flown by Sergente Pilota Pietro Salvadori suffered a broken oil pipe, after which he put it down on the shingle beach at Orfordness. The pilot was taken prisoner, and the aircraft was thoroughly evaluated by AFDU at Duxford till 1942. It was earmarked early on as a museum exhibit, finally being shifted to the museum in 1978. It wears 95ᵃ Squadriglia, 18° Gruppo markings.

To the RAF Museum Hendon in 1978.

The Falco was quite possibly the most capable biplane fighter ever produced: the problem was that it was up against Spitfires and Hurricanes, rather than other biplane types. National pride and Mussolini's bluster led a force being sent to take part in the Battle of Britain. On 11th Nov. 1940 this Falco suffered a broken oil pipe and was forced to land on a beach in Suffolk. She was repaired, evaluated by the RAF as BT474, then allocated RAF maintenance serial 8468M and placed into storage before ending up on display at the RAF Museum during 1978.

About 1800 of these aircraft were built, the last of the biplane fighters. They were very strong and manouverable. Ex RAF BT474 and also allocated RAF maintenance serial 8468M (which many mistakenly think to be its cn).

Part of the Corpo Aereo Italiano that Mussolini sent to Belgium to assist the Luftwaffe in the Battle of Britain, this Falco force landed on the beach at Orford Ness, Suffolk, on 11 November 1940.