[Lennart Andersson]

The Fiat CR 30 first appeared in a procurement plan dated 21 July 1933 and 36 were to be acquired as crash equipment for three fighter squadrons. Already in August, the RLM had received information that, contrary to previous consent, these aircraft could not be delivered. Mussolini was reluctant to allow the sensitive export of military aircraft to Germany, fearing politically inconvenient international attention. As a consequence, Jagdgeschwader 1, that would have been set up with these aircraft, could not be activated. Instead Jagdgeschwader 2 at Rechlin was renamed Jagdgeschwader 1 and an additional 36 Arado Ar 65s were entered into the RLM procurement plan as replacements for the Italian fighters.

It would be interesting if anyone has correspondence related to the Fiat CR 30s.