In this photo the classic flight crew’s composition of a three engines Italian bomber Savoia-Marchetti S.79 “Sparviero” (Sparrowhawk): on the left the 1st pilot, which is also the aircraft’s commander, always an officer, on the right the 2st pilot, an officer or a NCO, in the center the flight engineer, a NCO, usually responsible for the engine’s running. In front of 1st pilot the gun sight of the upper fixed machine gun forward firing operated directly by the same 1st pilot (but often removed). Note the pulled parasol curtain over the 1st pilot’s seat. Victor Sierra

Italian bomber: inside the cockpit

In front of the pilot of an Italian torpedo aircraft S.79 the "Grafometro" (Graphometer), a torpedo gun sight, positioned on the upper part of the instrument panel, designed and developed by the Maggiore (Squadron Leader) Carlo Unia for the torpedo’s sighting. Victor Sierra

"Grafometro"

Two Macchi MC.202 fighters of the Italian Regia Aeronautica co-belligerent waiting for the overhaul and the repair at the workshop on Galatina airfield, Lecce, end 1943/early 1944. Note the conditions of this planes, with two different camouflage, showing the signs of the wear and the long operational activity. Victor Sierra