IMAM Ro.37

Ro.37
General information
TypeReconnaissance
ManufacturerMeridionali
Designer
Nicola Romeo
Primary userRegia Aeronautica
Number built617[1]
History
First flight6 November 1933
VariantsIMAM Ro.43
The initial version of the Ro.37 with the Fiat A.30 inline engine
The main production version of the Ro.37 with the Piaggio P.IX radial engine

The Meridionali Ro.37 Lince (Italian: "Lynx") was a two-seater Italian reconnaissance biplane, a product of the Industrie Meccaniche Aeronautiche Meridionali (IMAM) company. It appeared in 1934 and had a composite structure of wood and metal.[2] The aeroplane first saw operational duty in the Second Italo-Ethiopian War (1935–1936) and Spanish Civil War (1936–1939), and during the Second World War it saw duty on almost all fronts, except for Russia and the English Channel.[2] It followed the Ro.1 as the main reconnaissance aircraft for the Italian Army.

  1. ^ IMAM Ro.37
  2. ^ a b Angelucci and Matricardi 1978, p. 190.