Sharp and climbing turn of an Italian fighter Fiat G.50 “Freccia” (Arrow) perhaps after a low pass. Note the tall pilot considerably coming out from the narrow open cockpit of this aircraft. The latter has a North African livery with yellow engine cowling. Photo taken after the end of 1940 (white band on the fuselage). Victor Sierra

Climbing turn

Low pass of five Italian fighters Fiat G.50 “Freccia” (Arrow) over a Northern Italy’s airfield (Turin Aeritalia?). On the right another G.50 taxiing. The aircraft are G.50 First Series (enclosed cockpit and sliding canopy). The aircraft’s livery indicate a photo taken prior of the outbreak of the war. Victor Sierra

Low pass

Wrecks of German Messerschmitt Bf.109s surrounding a derelict Italian three-engine plane Caproni Ca.133 (“Caprona” in the Italian aviators slang) employed in the air ambulance role (MEDEVAC/Medical Evacuation in the modern military term) on a North African airfield captured by the Allies, late 1942/beginning 1943. The Bf 109 on the right, a Bf.109E (note the braced horizontal plan), with the number 9 on the fuselage, is very probable an airplane of the Luftwaffe’s III/ZG1, code S9+. Very likely this picture is a photo of El Daba airfield, the same of the prior picture ( A “parent aircraft” of the S9+DR), taken by another slant. Victor Sierra