Macchi MC.202 "Folgore" of 4th Stormo "Francesco Baracca" Regia Aeronautica ahead a wrecked British Westland Lysander: somewhere in North Africa, perhaps 1942. Victor Sierra

Folgore and Lysander

Last controls before take-off for the mission at a SM.79 torpedo bomber of Regia Aeronautica, Gadurrà (Code Regia Aeronautica Airport 806 ), Rhodes Island, Aegean Front, perhaps autumn 1940. Note the torpedo Whitehead under the fuselage. 

Last Controls

Some of Italian bombers sended in Spain by Italian Government in 1936 to provide support to Francisco Franco's Nationalists during the Spanish Civil War lined up at Madrid to celebrate the end of war and Nationalist's victory, Avril 1, 1939. Note SM.79s and, in foreground, a Fiat BR.20 "Cicogna" with first letter ("M") of Benito Mussolini's signature on the fuselage. Apart from 55 Savoia-Marchetti SM.81 "Pipistrello", the Italian bombers sended to Aviación Legionaria (the Regia Aeronautica's expeditionary corps in Spain) were 99 Savoia-Marchetti SM.79 "Sparviero" and 16 Fiat BR.20 "Cicogna". Some of this planes, like the BR.20s, were handed over by Spanish Air Force. Victor Sierra