The Hanriot HD.1 was supplied in small amounts to the Italians who liked the design so much that they started to manufacture it in large quantities and used them to replace not just the already aging Nieuport but also some SPADs S.VII.
They considered it to be the best fighter they had flown, being even better than the SPAD S.XIII becoming that way the standard Italian fighter. In fact 16 of a total of 18 squadrons were equipped with the Hanriot HD.1 by November 1918.
The Squadrons covered in this entry are:
- 70 Squadriglia
- 76 Squadriglia
- 78 Squadriglia
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