What To Know About The Caproni Campini N.1: Italy’s Forgotten Fighter Jet

Italy produced a number of excellent military aircraft in WWII, but these are frequently overshadowed by other countries – partly because Italy lacked the industrial base to produce them at scale. Italy even produced an early jet fighter before it became the first Axis belligerent to surrender to the Allies in 1943. In fact, Italy was briefly thought to be the first country in the world to fly jet planes (until it was found Germany beat them to it).