Aermacchi MC.200 "Saetta" of Italian Regia Aeronautica downgraded from fighter aircraft a trainer plane for training of new fighter pilots after coming of the MC.202. Note the white strips on the wings distinguishing the training aircrafts. Photo taken very probable at Scuola Caccia (Fighter School) of Foligno Airfield, between Spoleto and Assisi, near Perugia, Central Italy, 1942 or 1943. Victor Sierra

Fighter school

Foligno’s Fighter School, Umbria, Central Italy, 1942 or 1943. A warrant officer pilot instructor give the last advices at his student in process to taking off with a Macchi MC.200 employed like trainer for fighter pilots. The aircraftman, who has assisted the student to accommodate in the cockpit and to fasten one’s seat belts, get ready to control the correct locking of the transparent panels of flight deck prior to jump off from the wing. The large red number on the fuselage (162) is the individual aircraft’s number and not the unit’s code. In the old Italian Air Force the warrant officers were the backbone of flying school and thousands of Italian pilots they are under this “terrible” figures. Victor Sierra

Last advices

A ground crewman of checking out the area in the back of engine of a fighter aircraft Aermacchi MC.200 “Saetta”of Italian Regia Aeronautica. The photo give a good view of motor cradle of this Italian fighter. Victor Sierra