The initial of the Mussolini’s signature on the fin of Regia Aeronautica’s bomber Savoia-Marchetti S.79 at beginning on Summer 1940. The planes are S.79 of 41st Gruppo’s 205th Squadriglia from early July 1940 based at Rhodes which was employed the British fleet and also against Haifa. The last raid over Haifa date 6 August 1940. Later the 41st Gruppo returned in Italy for transition to Cant-Z-1007bis. Notice the aircraft without the forward upper machine gun. Victor Sierra

The Duce’s signature on the tail

This plane is one of the three S.79s bombers of Aviación Legionaria’s 30th Gruppo that on 26th April 1937 was involved in the bombing of the Basque city of Guernica. The Italian bombers took off from Soria in the afternoon with orders to "bomb the road and bridge to the east of Guernica, in order to block the enemy retreat". During a single sixty second pass over the town, from north to south, the SM.79's dropped thirty-six 50 kg bombs over the railway station. Also a lot of CR.32s fighters of Aviación Legionaria was involved on the Guernica’s raid escorting 18 German bombers Ju.52s. The fate of the aircraft 28-11 was tragic: on July 15, 1938 was lost for impact with a mountain according to a sources or shot down by the flak according another. Victor Sierra

A Guernica’s bomber

This Italian torpedo aircraft S.79 of the 104th Gruppo Aerosiluranti (104th Torpedo Aircraft Group), 253rd Squadriglia, equipped with Alpha 128 engines, based at Gadouras, Rhodes, photographed early 1943, has an experimental camouflage for the torpedo aircraft. This camouflage, without the white fuselage band too much visible during the darkness missions, and fuselage number red, is knew only of 104th Gruppo’s aircrafts. Victor Sierra