The personal aircraft of Benito Mussolini was this Savoia-Marchetti SM.81, originally all white, camouflaged after the break of the war. This picture show the Duce's plane with the same Mussolini on board on departure for Belluno, Northeast Italy, for the meeting at Villa Gaggia of Feltre with Adolf Hitler (The Meeting of Feltre) July 19, 1943. While the talks are underway, arrive the news of first, heavy American bombardment of Rome. After few days, July 25, 1943, Mussolini was resigned and arrested on King Victor Emmanuel III's order. Victor Sierra

Mussolini's personal aircraft

Can anyone colour in this image of Mussolini, please! 

BENITO MUSSOLINI ! 

Another fine shot of Italian three-engine medium bomber CRDA (Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico) Cant-Z-1007bis &quot;Alcione&quot; in flight perhaps over Balkans in 1941, during the war of Italy againts Greece. This shot highlight some details of this aircraft by some described such as the best Italian bomber of WW2 although its wooden structure could be easily damaged by extreme climate conditions, like of North Africa and Russia. The plane of the photo is an aircraft of 210th Squadriglia, 50th Gruppo of 16th Stormo Bombardamento Terrestre wich, at Vicenza Airport, mid-1939, was one of the first Stormi re-equipped with the new bomber. During war againts the Greece the 16th Stormo was transferred in Southern Italy, on the airport of Brindisi, Puglia. Victor Sierra