A British flag captured in Eastern Africa, 1940. DVX

Captured flag

An unusual camouflage characterize this Italian Air Force’s S.79s of 18th Squadriglia, 27th Gruppo, 8th Stormo flying over North Africa on 1941. The 8th Stormo reached the Libya early April 1941, staying fully operational until the repatriation on the next month of December. In this period, the 8th Stormo was the only Regia Aeronautica’s bomber unit on North Africa equipped with the S.79. Victor Sierra

S.79s over North Africa

Don Mazzoni, military chaplain. After a first gold medal (maximum Italian military award) on the Carso front in 1917, he received another gold medal in 1941 in Russia for having rescued some soldiers under enemy fire. His last christian and human act on this heart. DVX