Italian float plane CRDA Cant-Z-506B “Airone” of 147th Squadriglia Autonoma Ricognizione Marittima (Autonomous Squadron Maritime Reconnaissance) on the slipway of the air harbor of Leros Island, Greece, 1942, during engine overhaul. Note, behind the Italian aircraft, the large crane of slipway and a German flying boat Dornier Do.24T-1 employed mainly in search-and-rescue missions. The 147th Squadriglia was an unit of Comando Militare Marittimo "Grecia" (Military Maritime Command “Greece”) in turn under the authority of Comando Aviazione Ausiliaria Regia Marina (Auxiliary Aviation for Royal Navy Command) with HQ at Rome. Victor Sierra

Italian and German seaplane at Leros

Italian bombers Savoia-Marchetti S.79 flying in close formation in a war mission. The planes, of 195th Squadriglia, 90th Gruppo, 30th Stormo at the time, Spring or Summer 1941, based in Sicily, at Sciacca Airfield, have the defensive weapons already in station. But also this S.79s are without the machine gun over the cockpit already removed. Note an aircraft with camouflage different from others. Victor Sierra

War mission

The light cruiser RM Raimondo Montecuccoli when she visited Austrailia in 1938. A nice clean beautiful ship.