Unusual picture of an Italian fighter Macchi MC.202 “Folgore”. Note the Venturi tube and the crank starter. Victor Sierra

An unusual picture

An unknown version of the Italian fighter Macchi MC.200 “Saetta”. On the Summer of 1942 at the Breda’s factory, near Milan, which produced many MC.200s, the aircraft military code MM8191 was equipped with a radial engine Piaggio P. XIX with a power of 1175 HP therefore most powerful of the standard engine Fiat A74-RC38 (840 HP). The plane was named MC.200bis but remained only prototype. Victor Sierra

An unknown airplane

Among the French aircrafts commandeered by Italians after the Vichy Government’s fall on November 1942, also there was about recce plans Potez 63-11. This aircrafts were transferred in Italy, but none entered in active duty. In the photo a Potez 63-11 in the Regia Aeronautica’s markings moreover painted very grossly in particular over the fins. Victor Sierra