Italians soldiers waiting for they destiny nearby a dismantled fighter Macchi MC.202 near Tunis after the Axis defeat in North Africa. My 1943.Victor Sierra

Image of a defeat

An abandoned and sabotaged Italian fighter MC.202 Folgore found by American troops on a Tunisian airfield take by Allies after the retreat of Axis forces from Tunisia on Spring 1943. Note in background an American Bell P-39 Airacobra. Victor Sierra

Italian fighter abandoned in Tunisia


This seaplane was the protagonist of a dramatic history in the Mediterranean’s sky. On July 29, 1942 an Italian maritime reconnaissance floatplane Cant-Z-506B Airone of 139th Squadriglia after the rescue of the four crewmen of a RAF’s Bristol Beufort shot down on the sea near Corfu, flew to Taranto with the prisoners, one British, one South African and two New Zealander. But during the flight, the prisoners overwhelmed the Italian five crewmen and hijacked the aircraft to Malta where the Italians were declared POW. At Malta the plane was commandeered by RAF, repainted in British colors and markings and registered HK977. Afterwards the floatplane, in this photo still at Malta, moored at Kalafrana, was transferred in Egypt, at Alexandria. Victor Sierra
