Rear view of “Sunshine” at Venegono. Also in this photo (note in background a Luftwaffe’s Fieseler Storch) the aircraft appear intact. And in effect “Sunshine” was up to ferry flight from Venegono to the Germany (after the engine’s repair according a source). According some sources the “Sunshine” was switched to KampfGeschwader 200, the “secret” unit of Luftwaffe equipped with Allied planes captured. Victor Sierra

“Sunshine” waiting for the ferry flight

A fighter aircraft Fiat G.55 “Centauro” of Aeronautica Nazionale Repubblicana, the Repubblica Sociale Italiana’s Air Force, making a low pass over “Sunshine”, soon after the landing on Venegono of the unexpected “host”. Victor Sierra

Low pass over “Sunshine”

B-24s of the 446th BG fly formation on their way to Germany