Macchi C.200 - Native users

The Macchi C.200 was an Italian fighter airplane that saw service with Italian Regia Aeronautica in every front that Italy was involved during the World War II.
It saw combat first defending Italian homeland, as we explained before and then during the Axis invasion of Yugoslavia, it setted up a good rate destroying 20 enemy machines at the lost of a single one.
In the North African theatre, it wasn't well received at first because pilots preferred the highly maneouvrable Fiat Cr.42 biplane. However, when the first unit in Libya was equipped with C.200s, it proved to be superior to the Gloster Gladiator and a serious contender against the Hawker Hurricane and the Curtiss P-40 because it could outrun both of them and it enjoyed an good sturdy fuselage, even if it was seriously underarmed. When operating as a fighter-bomber, it manage to sink British destroyers HMS Zulu and HMS Sikh off the coast of Tobruk during the operation Agreement.
It served also in the Eastern Front, serving with the Italian Expeditionary Corps in Russia, in two squadrons. Together with the more advanced Macchi C.202, they claimed a ratio of victory/loss of 88 to 15. Overall, in the Eastern Front, they behaved well, flying the respectable number of 2557 missions, of which 511 with bomb drops, 1310 strafing attacks, 1938 escort missions with the loss of just 15 machines.

Sources:
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macchi_C.200
2. Salamander Books - The Complete Book of Fighters

Macchi C.200 - Italian Co-belligerent users

When Italy signed the armistice, in September 1943, the country was splitted in two, the followers of Mussolini, and the co-belligerent ones, that sided with the Allies.
In that context, both sides reorganized their units creating new armies, air forces and even navies. In the case of the co-belligerents, those were the grounds of the actual Italian army.
As the Macchi C.200 was greatly outdated by 1943 its use was limited. It was only used by the 8º Gruppo Autonomo Caccia Terrestre (8th Autonomous Land Fighter Squadron), which was based in Leverano, at the very southern part of Italian peninsula. It was also employed by 371ª Squadriglia Autonoma Caccia Terrestre (371th Autonomous Land Fighter Flight) that was also based in Leverano.
However, as those units were re-organized and received better airplanes, the Macchi C.200 were relegated to the training roles, where some of them, 23 more exactly, were used in the inmediate postwar period.

Sources:
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macchi_C.200
2. https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeronautica_Cobelligerante_Italiana (translated)

Macchi C.200 - Foreign Users

The Macchi C.200 Saetta (Arrow in Italian) was an Italian fighter designed and put into service just before the outbreak of the World War II. It was used by various foreign users, apart from the Italian Regia Aeronautica and both by the Co-Belligerent Italians and the Italian Social Republic.
The United Kingdom captured one of them which belonged to the 157º Gruppo Autonomo Caccia Terrestre (157th Land Fighter Autonomous Squadron) in September 1943 during the Sicilian campaign.
Some of them were used by the Luftwaffe when they seized them after the armistice of September 1943 and pushed them into service with some squadrons based mainly in central-northern Italy.
The United States Army Air Force (commonly known as USAAF) also captured some of them in the battlefields of Tunisia in 1943 which belonged to the 357 Squadriglia and incorporated them into service with the 86th Fighter Squadron.
Also, the USSR captured some of them which served with the Italian Expeditionary Force in Russia. However, as the profile is based on a black & white photo of the nose, it should be taken as semi-hypothetical.
And as we're friends of what-ifs, and knowing that Denmark was interesting to buy some of them, (in fact the contract was signed on 1st of April 1940 and Germany invaded 8 days later), we included an hypothetical profile bearing Danish colours and markings.

Sources:
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macchi_C.200
2. Salamander Books - The Complete Book of Fighters