One of the first Macchi MC.205Vs &quot;Veltro” delivered to an operational unit of the Italian Regia Aeronautica. This airplane is a MC.205 First Series (two 12,7 mm machine guns on the nose, two 7,7 mm in the wing) of 51st Stormo based at Capoterra, Sardinia, May 1943. Victor Sierra

MC.205 in color

Relaxing moments for pilots of an Italian fighter unit, somewhere in Italy, equipped with MC.202s. One pilot take a photo, while two others refreshing oneself sitting on a deck chair. Victor Sierra

Relax moment

From February 1942 to January 1943 the forces of “France Libre”, commanded by General Leclerc, launched a series of campaign for the conquest of Italian oasis in the remote region of Fezzan in the Libyan’s western desert. In this campaigns French and Italians had recourse to respective air forces, in particular for Italians to the colonial aviation. In the photo a twin engine Caproni Ca.309 “Ghibli” of a Squadriglia of Aviazione Sahariana e di Presidio Coloniale (Sahara and Colonial Garrison Aviation), employed in many roles (reconnaissance, air support, liaison, medical evacuation) on the airstrip of Sebha’s Oasis overlooked by the “Regina Elena” Fort. Sebha was abandoned by Italians to French at the end of the war in Fezzan, on 4 January 1943. Victor Sierra