 Italian ace Vittorio Minguzzi was impressed by this aircraft following its tests and combat debut on 2 April 1943.He wrote

The aircraft is in ideal flying conditions at an altitude of and can make repeated attacks on American heavy bombers in all positions and from all directions...I can therefore say that the speed and handling qualities are excellent even at and that compared to the Macchi 202, the Sagittario made two attacks in the time required by the Macchi C.202 for a single pass.