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

Refuelling

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

In the Bari Airport, into Allies hands, 1944, the personnel of the US 57th Fighter Group discover a, for him, "rare bird" anyway immediately confiscated and dressed with the white american stars. The "rare bird", on the other hand never entered officially in the line of the 57th Fighter Group, is in fact a single engine reconnaissance and bomber aircraft Caproni Ca.111 employed extensively by Italian Air Force in 1937-1938 in the war against  Ethiopia. Atferward, now outdated, the Ca.111 was employed by Regia Aeronautica in secondary roles. Victor Sierra