After the fall of Tunis, 1st week of May, 1943.

Italian pow's

Italian biplane Fiat CR.42s in version CR.42b/a (bombe alari) with 50 kg bombs under the wings moved in Sicily, June 1943, for contrasting of expected Allied landing in the Island. The aircraft in foreground has the anti-sand filter under the engine cowling. Victor Sierra

Waiting for the Allied landing

Name of this Baltimore of the "Stormo Baltimore", bombing unit of the ICAF (Italian Cobelligerant Air Force). Note the Allied style of the "nose art". The leutnant-pilot later became general of the postwar AMI (Aereonautica Militare Italiana). The ICAF operated over the Balkans. 1944-45. DVX