Torpedo bomber S.79 of 279th Squadriglia on tarmac at Gadurrà Airfield, Rhodes, with engines and cockpit covered by canvas for keeping from hot sun of Aegean during a long stop. Also this plane has the white band of fuselage “dirted” with charcoal. Victor Sierra

Under canvas

Line up of Italian torpedo bombers Savoia-Marchetti S.79s on Sicilian airfield, perhaps Gerbini, end 1942, with the Whitead torpedos under the of belly of fuselage. The aircraft are the livery dark olive drab with individual number’s aircraft in red and white strip of fuselage “dirted” with charcoal for reduce its excessive whiteness especially during the night missions. Victor Sierra

Torpedo bombers

The profiles of the ships (warships, cargos and oil tankers) torpedoed on the fin of a torpedo bomber S.79 of Italian Regia Aeronautica. The black numbers over the fin indicate maximum take off weight and (CU-carico utile) payload. Victor Sierra