 De Prato wrote, "Our pilots were used to small rudder control surfaces, such those of Macchis and Messerschmitts; with such aircraft full excursion rudder movements were not a problem".With the armistice on 8 September 1943, some of the few surviving Re.2005s were destroyed by their pilots to prevent them from falling into German hands.Six aircraft were used as trainers by the "Aeronautica Nazionale Repubblicana" ("ANR") the air force of the German allied Italian Social Republic).