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A Macchi MC. 202 Folgore fighter belonging to the 54th Fighter Squadron based in Sicily, circa 1943. The Macchi MC. 202 and the MC. 205 Veltro would serve as Italy's frontline fighter trough out the 1940s and early 1950s before being replaced the Reggiane Re.2009 turbo fighters in 1953. The two models would also serve in the air forces of Switzerland, Portugal, Argentina, Chile, Sweden, Persia, Egypt, Afghanistan, Greece, and India and would serve in various conflicts in the 1940s, 50s, and 60s, notably in the Greco-Italian War of 1948 and the Second War of the Pacific between Chile and Peru from 1952 to 1954.
In OTL, the Macchi MC 202 and other Italian Aircraft of WWII used a local copies of the German DB601 and DB 605 engines. ITTL, I really doubt that the Germans would share the engine with anybody but their allies (Austro-Hungarians, USA, etc). In which in my headcanon, the Italians through a secret military cooperation pact with Russia would have them being granted access to the technical data for the Klimov V-105 engine.