An Italian Fiat CR.42 “Falco” (Hawk) fighter aircraft damaged by an accident at Monserrato Airfield, Sardinia. Likely an yaw’s effect. Victor Sierra

Accident in Sardinia

The tail of the Reggiane Re.2005 “Sagittario” Series 0 MM 092352, the same aircraft of the previous photo, after its changeover to Repubblica Sociale Italiana’s Air Force, early 1944. The very few Re.2005s handed over the RSI’s Air Force, Aeronautica Nazionale Repubblicana, was never employed for active duty, while the use of this aircraft by the Luftwaffe for Berlin’s defence is only a legend. The tail of the MM 092352 is today preserved by the Museo Aeronautico Caproni at Trento. It’s the only Re.2005’s specimen still existing. Victor Sierra

The tail of the “Sagittario”

Foggia airfield, Southern Italy, 1943. Allied soldiers, likely on board on a former Italian truck commandeered, passing near an Italian fighter Fiat CR.42’s wreck. The wreck’s status suggest an airplane destroyed by a ground loop (note the upper wing’s status) and subsequently redressed and moved to borders field (the large stones aren’t obviously of a runway!). The CR.42’s wing are still the Fascist emblem; therefore the plane was phased out before the Fascism’s fall (25 July 1943). The photo was taken by a serviceman of the USAAF’s 57th Fighter Group just the arrival at Foggia. Victor Sierra