A recce plane Caproni Ca.310 “Libeccio” , aircraft Number 12 (MAL-12), of Malpensa Bomber Flight School warming up this engines on tarmac in grass of the airport. In background an aircraft of same type. Camouflage and insignias 1939-first half 1940. Victor Sierra

Malpensa’s “Libeccio”

Two Italians Carabinieri standing guard over a Luftwaffe’s Messerschmitt Bf-110 on airfield, perhaps in Sicily, winter 1941. Victor Sierra

Italian guards for Luftwaffe

Another view, frontal this time, of an all silver Fiat BR.20 I series of Malpensa Bomber Flight School (see other news in Italian Forces section). In background the hangar’s line. Victor Sierra