The IMAM Ro.41 was an Italian light biplane fighter aircraft, serving in the Regia Aeronautica in the 1930s-1940s, mainly as a trainer.

In 1929 Alessandro Tonini, the chief designer, had serious health problems and was replaced by Giovanni Galasso.

The first prototype was fitted with a Piaggio P.VII engine, and showed itself to be very agile, with excellent climb performance, and no noticeable vices.

A sesquiplane (i.e. a biplane with the lower wing smaller than the upper), the Ro.41 was of mixed construction, the fuselage of chrome-molybdenum steel frame, covered in fabric.

Armament, when fitted, consisted of two 7.7 mm Breda-SAFAT machine guns mounted inside the fuselage, with 850 cartridges.

However, a top speed of only 320 km/h was far too slow to make the Ro.41 a credible fighter, and the CR.32 had a better range, a better dive performance, was more heavily armed, and was already in service.

Twenty-eight were sent to Spain where, thanks to their high rate of climb, they acted as point-defence interceptors around Seville, though it appears that they did not score any victories.

From 10 August 1940 four Ro.41s of 159 Sqn, 12 Gruppo, 50 Assault Wing were flown from Tobruk as night fighters.

Their real task was advanced training and despite the obsolete design they managed to be popular, reliable and cheap machines.

One of the few changes was the fitting of a Piaggio P.VII RC.35 engine, that had a single-stage compressor which gave 500 hp at low level.

After the armistice the RSI's Aeronautica Nazionale Repubblicana operated some aircraft, and the Luftwaffe used them as trainers in Germany and France.