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Italian Pilots Called the P 51 'Slow' — Until It Chased Their Macchi C Explore how the finest fighter pilots in Italy realized their best planes were no match for American industrial power. In January 1944 a pilot named Mario Bellagambi was flying his Macchi C205 which was a sleek and fast machine that the Italians were very proud of. He was used to holding his own against other Allied planes but then he ran into the new P51 Mustang. Bellagambi pushed his engine to the absolute limit hitting nea