“Confections for Abyssinians”: sarcastic, but cruel caption of this photo depicting the bombs loading on board of an Italian Air Force’s Caproni bomber during the Italo-Abyssinian War (October 1935-May 1936). During the war the Italians made substantial use of mustard gas, in both artillery and aerial bombardments, in violation of 1925 Geneva Protocol that Italy had signed. Victor Sierra

Confections for Abyssinians

Macchi MC.200 of Italian Air Force’s 94th Squadriglia’s  turned over on Libyan desert. The picture of this plane, seriously damaged, show a good detail of split flaps typical of Macchi’s fighter designed by Mario Castoldi. Victor Sierra

Ground looping on desert

Two Italian officers walking in front of a Regia Aeronautica’s airplane line on Addis Ababa airport after the conquest, 1936, of Ethiopian capital. The aircraft in foreground is a Caproni Ca.111 reconnaissance/light bombardment plane, in background observation biplanes IMAM Ro.37. Victor Sierra