This truck crafty armored of the XXXVI Black Brigade of Lucca &quot;N. Piacentini&quot; was painted of Italian tricolor cockades on the points hit by enemy bullets, probably in a combat against the partisans. It was a custom dating back to WWI to cover with tricolor cockade the enemy hits. DVX

Tricolor cockades on eemy bullets

Macchi MC.200 “Saetta” of 372nd Squadriglia of 153rd Gruppo “Asso di Bastoni” Italian Air Force in servicing under the palms on Castel Benito Airfield, Tripoli, Lybia, July 1941. The fighter is a MC.200 First Series with enclosed cockpit and sliding canopy. Victor Sierra

Under the palms

Group photo for this RAF crew captured after a mistake landing on Pantelleria. Note in background the Ca 133 and the bunker-hangars. The British officers are doing an odd gesture, like they speak to a cellular phone... Is it a dsappoitment gesture, or has it any sort of meaning? DVX