Italian Forces

Malpensa Bomber School

In the old Italian Regia Aeronautica were normal practice relocate to Speciality’s School (in particular Fighter and Bomber Schools) the planes downgraded from their original mission as replaced by most modern aircrafts. In the photo a Fiat BR.20 first version downgraded to training plane for the Malpensa’s Bomber School (note the acronym MAL for Malpensa in fuselage+the plane’s individual number) with armament completely removed. The aircraft, in all silver livery, taxiing to take off runway of Malpensa Airport, near Milan. Note the Italian tricolor extended from the rudder also to elevators. Such as the majority of Italian airfields at the time, also Malpensa has taxiways and runways in grass. A great difference with the todays Intercontinental Civil Airport of Malpensa, the second large Italian hub. Victor Sierra