Close up of an Italian torpedo bomber Savoia-Marchetti S.79 “Sparviero” (Sparrowhawk) in flight. In evidence under the aircraft’s fuselage the Whitehead 533 mm torpedo employed also by the Luftwaffe’s torpedo bombers. Victor Sierra

Whit the torpedo under the belly

Aiming position in a SM79. The aiming machine was called typewriter, for evident reasons.

Ready to drop!

One of very few, only three according the sources, Messerschmitt Bf.110C-3 supplied by Luftwaffe to Italian Regia Aeronautica for night fighter units. After training and familiarization of Italian crews with the German twin engine in Germany, the planes was transferred in Italy in July and August 1942 and assigned to Nucleo Addestramento Intercettori, an unit for interceptor’s training operating inside of 235th Squadriglia transferred from Treviso to Lonate Pozzolo, near Varese, in Lombardy. Role of this unit was train the Italian pilots to new methods of night fighting against the Allied strategic bombers. In this color photo the commander of 235th Squadriglia, captain Aramis Ammannato, and his dog, standing in front of a Bf.110 of the unit at Lonate Pozzolo. Victor Sierra