The engines full power on an Italian transport aircraft Savoia-Marchetti SM.82 “Marsupiale” raising a dust cloud before the take-off from a grass airfield. Victor Sierra

Dust cloud

Fiat G.50 “Freccia”(Arrow) of the Italian Regia Aeronautica’s 352nd Squadriglia ready for engine’s start on a desert windblown Libyan airfield. The pilot wearing a leather helmet all white used by many Italian pilots in North Africa. Under the yellow engine cowling the large anti-sand filter. Victor Sierra 

Libyan airfield

Tanks of fuel or water? However, personnel are Lybian Ascari.