Aerial photo (1944) of great airfield of Amendola, part of the Foggia Airfield Complex, a series of military airfields located within a 40 km (25 mi) radius of Foggia, in the Province of Foggia, Puglia, Italy, used by the United States Army Air Force Fifteenth Air Force as part of the strategic bombardment campaign against Germany in 1944 and 1945, as well as by Twelfth Air Force and the Royal Air Force during the Italian Campaign (1943–1945).
Located approximately 16km northeast of Foggia, Amendola Airfield, former airport of Italian Regia Aeronautica was used by Fifteenth Air Force, primarily for heavy bombardment units. Repaired by United States Army Corps of Engineers  (COE) in September 1943 was put into use immediately. The US Army Air Force's units deployed at Amendola were: 2d Bombardment Group, (B-17 Flying Fortress), 19 November 1945-28 February 1946;
57th Fighter Group, (P-47 Thunderbolt), 27 October 1943-1 March 1944; 97th Bombardment Group, (B-17 Flying Fortress), 16 January 1944-1 October 1945; 321st Bombardment Group, (B-25 Mitchell), 20 November 1943-14 January 1944.  Last USAAF unit left in March 1946 and airfield turned over to Italian Regia Aeronautica (after June 2, 1946, Aeronautica Militare), Today Amendola, one of larger airports of Italian Air Force, is base of 32nd Stormo equipped with AMX and, in its 28th Gruppo, UAV Predator. Victor Sierra

Amendola, a major airfield

From Tactical and Technical Trends, No. 35, October 7, 1943 "ITALIAN SM-82 - The Savoia-Marchetti-82 "Canguru", the largest of Italy's 3-engine aircraft, not only constitutes about 75 to 85 per cent of the Italian Air Force transport fleet but has been the only reported Italian plane in substantial use by the Germans. Recent reports indicate that some of these planes have been used by the Germans to evacuate troops from Corsica. A development of the SM-75, with deeper fuselage and a single fin and rudder of radically different design, it is a 4- or 5-place, 3-engine, low-wing cantilever monoplane with wings tapering moderately to rounded tips, and hydraulic landing gear. The fuselage is wide and deep, with 8 windows high up and 3 below along both sides. It has a wing span of 97 feet, 6 inches, a length of 73 feet, 6 inches, and a gross wing area of 1,290 square feet. The aircraft is powered with 3 Alfa Romeo 128 RC 21 9-cylinder air-cooled radial engines, each capable of 860 hp at 6,900 feet altitude. The maximum speed is 205 mph at 7,000 feet, and 185 mph at sea level. Normal cruising speed is 172 mph at 10,000 feet, and economical speed, 155 mph. The service ceiling with a normal load is 17,000 feet, and the range is 1,160 miles or 6.8 hours.  Self-sealing tanks fitted into the wings have a total capacity of 928 U.S. gallons. Additional fuselage self-sealing tanks may be installed to hold 639 U.S. gallons, making a maximum fuel load of 1,567 U.S. gallons. The armament consists of one 7.7-mm free machine gun in the forward fuselage with a 60° traverse, one 12.7-mm free machine gun in the hand operated dorsal position just aft of the cockpit, with a 360° field of fire, and two 7.7-mm free machine guns in the lateral positions, each capable of a 65° traverse. The airplane is not fitted with armor. 
The "Canguru" is reported to be capable of carrying the following alternative loads: 
(1) 75-mm gun with ammunition and/or one flame-throwing outfit with crew and equipment 
(2) small tank 
(3) 51 men with light automatic weapons 
(4) a dismantled Fiat CR-42 fighter, which is carried with wings detached and stowed along the sides of the fuselage. 
The SM-82 is well known for its four-day, 16,200-mile liaison flight from Rome to Tokyo and return in 1942. In 1939 it set a world's closed circuit distance record when it covered approximately 8,000 miles at an average speed of 143 mph remaining in the air for 56 1/2 hours. The aircraft has seen extensive service throughout all the various African campaigns". Two more precise informations: 1) The name "Canguro" (and not "Canguru") is incorrect: the name correct is "Marsupiale" (Marsupial). 2) The flight Rome-Tokyo and return was performed by a SM.75, not by a SM.82. Victor Sierra

SM.82 according the US Intelligence

Again the most famous Italian fighter of WW2 and perhaps
of all-time: the Macchi MC.202 "Folgore" wich Mario Castoldi designed around the German engine DB601 (the acronym MC mean Macchi-Castoldi). The photo now selected depict the first prototype of MC.202 (MM445)wich flew for first time at Lonate Pozzolo, near Varese, August 10, 1940. Pilot Guido Carestiato wich was the test pilot of all Macchi's aircraft until MB-326 (first flight December 1959). After the first flight at Lonate Pozzolo, the plane was transferred at Guidonia for evaluation tests and at Furbara for firing tests, all with positive conclusions, and at September 1940 the Regia Aeronautica signed the first order. The industries involved in the production of "202" were the Aermacchi, Breda and la S.A.I. Ambrosini at Passignano sul Trasimeno . First deliveries of MC.202 built by Macchi at may 1941, first aircraft built by Breda at Sesto San Giovanni (Milan) at July of same year followed by aircraft S.A.I. Ambrosini (Passignano sul Trasimeno, near Perugia). Note the shape of canopy of prototype, main difference between MM445 and series aircraft.