An Italian bomber CRDA Cant-Z-1007bis “Alcione” double fin version of the Regia Aeronautica’s 8th Squadriglia parked on a Sicilian airfield under the trees with flaps lowered and the engine cowlings covered by canvas. Victor Sierra

Under the trees

An Italian bomber Savoia-Marchetti S.79 landing on a Libyan airfield during the Summer 1940 (photo dated 2 August 1940). A transport aircraft S.82 is parked near the runway. Victor Sierra

Landing on a Libyan airfield

Mondovì airfield, Piedmont, 25 June 1940 at the moment of the French surrender: the Duce, Benito Mussolini, and the Supreme Italian Commander, Pietro Badoglio, visit a Regia Aeronautica’s bomber unit which flew missions during the brief campaign against the France. Victor Sierra