Two officers of Regia Aeronautica’s technical services – note the absence of military pilot’s insignia (eagle with crown towered) on uniform – standing in front of the former Yugoslav Air Force’s Do-17Ka-3 seized by Italians. Note a CR.42 fighter in background. The number of German bombers purchased by Yugoslavia varying upon the sources, the most reliable is 70 among the aircrafts delivered by Dornier and aircrafts built in Yugoslavia under license by a factory in Kraljevo. Victor Sierra

Italian Do-17

Italian Air Force’s personnel surrounding the former Yugoslav Air Force’s Do-17Ka-3 at Tirana Airport. In the background an Italian bomber S.81 in the Ala Littoria’s hangar. Victor Sierra

Italian Air Force’s former Yugoslav bomber

on cockpit of Regia Aeronautica’s former Yugoslav Do-17Ka-3 on Tirana Airport on 1941. Note the shape of Do.17’s glazed nose and an Ala Littoria’s airliner Caproni Ca.308 Borea. The most differences of Yugoslav Do-17s compared to German aircrafts were the engines, the French radial 870 HP-Gnome-Rhône Mistral Major, and the machine guns, the Belgian FNs 7.9 mm. Victor Sierra