The Italian seaplane base at the port of Augusta, near Siracusa, taked by Allied Forces, September 1943, after the Italian Armistice. Augusta, today a naval base of Italian Navy, was an important target of landing in Sicily. In the picture a number of Italian seaplanes captured intact when the port was occupied by Allied Forces. Note, after the Allied ship in foreground, a three-engine Cant-Z-506 and two twin-engine Fiat-CMASA RS.14. VictorSierra

Augusta, 1943

The birth, after the Armistice between Italy and Allies, of the Italian Co-Belligerent  Air Force, September 1943, concerned also the 5th Stormo and its Re.2002s "Ariete" wich, like other Italians air units, started the operations, now against German targets in Balkans, from airfields and airstrips in Capitanata, an area of Puglia. In this photo a Re.2002 of Italian Co-Belligerent  Air Force in flight over Puglia seen from on high. The rapid obsolescence of this aircrafts, beacuse lack spare parts and continuous problems from the engines wich created many accidents and incidents, forced to remove the Re.2002s "Ariete" from service in the mid-1944. See other pictures of Re.2002 of Italian Co-Belligerent  Air Force are in the section "Italian Forces"  VictorSierra

For the "Ariete" the war isn't ended

Refuelling of an Italian fighter Macchi MC.202 &quot;Folgore&quot; of 4st Stormo &quot;Francesco Baracca&quot;, Regia Aeronautica, at Martuba Airfield, Derna's area (Darnah), Lybia, 1942. In background a German fighter Messerschmitt Bf.109. Martuba was an important base of Italian Air Force during the military operations in Lybia. After the Axis retreat from Lybia, Martuba was taken and employed by air units of Allied forces. Victor Sierra