Italian bombers Savoia-Marchetti S.79 flying in close formation in a war mission. The planes, of 195th Squadriglia, 90th Gruppo, 30th Stormo at the time, Spring or Summer 1941, based in Sicily, at Sciacca Airfield, have the defensive weapons already in station. But also this S.79s are without the machine gun over the cockpit already removed. Note an aircraft with camouflage different from others. Victor Sierra

War mission

Undoubtedly this flight of a bomber Savoia-Marchetti S.79 of 258th Squadriglia, 109th Gruppo Bombardamento Terrestre (Land Bombardment) based at Castelvetrano, Trapani, Sicily, 1941, is a not a war’s flight. Indeed nobody is in the station of dorsal machine gun as a crewmember lean out peacefully of the station of fuselage reserved in combat to lateral machine gun. Victor Sierra

A quiet flight

Italian float plane CRDA Cant-Z-506B “Airone” of 147th Squadriglia Autonoma Ricognizione Marittima (Autonomous Squadron Maritime Reconnaissance) on the slipway of the air harbor of Leros Island, Greece, 1942, during engine overhaul. Note, behind the Italian aircraft, the large crane of slipway and a German flying boat Dornier Do.24T-1 employed mainly in search-and-rescue missions. The 147th Squadriglia was an unit of Comando Militare Marittimo "Grecia" (Military Maritime Command “Greece”) in turn under the authority of Comando Aviazione Ausiliaria Regia Marina (Auxiliary Aviation for Royal Navy Command) with HQ at Rome. Victor Sierra