italian sailor guarding a captured former Yugoslavian destroyer in the Cattaro naval base. Probably it's the Beograd or the Dubrovnik, respectively renamed under Italian flag Sebenico and Premuda. April 1941. DVX 

Sailor in Cattaro naval base

Another fine shot of Italian three-engine medium bomber CRDA (Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico) Cant-Z-1007bis &quot;Alcione&quot; in flight perhaps over Balkans in 1941, during the war of Italy againts Greece. This shot highlight some details of this aircraft by some described such as the best Italian bomber of WW2 although its wooden structure could be easily damaged by extreme climate conditions, like of North Africa and Russia. The plane of the photo is an aircraft of 210th Squadriglia, 50th Gruppo of 16th Stormo Bombardamento Terrestre wich, at Vicenza Airport, mid-1939, was one of the first Stormi re-equipped with the new bomber. During war againts the Greece the 16th Stormo was transferred in Southern Italy, on the airport of Brindisi, Puglia. Victor Sierra

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The first important operational engagement of Regia Aeronautica's Cant-Z-1007bis "Alcione" was the missions over the Balkan's theater during the italo-greek war. In this photo a Cant-Z-1007bis of 261st Squadriglia, 106th Gruppo, 47th stormo based in Puglia, at Grottaglie, bombing enemies targets in Balkans area. Victor Sierra