REGIA AERONAUTICA OF WW2

Pre-flight preparations and bomb loading on the SM.79.

Macchi MC.202 "Folgore" fighters of the 97th Squadron of the Italian Air Force, 9th Group, at the Ciampino airfield, prepared for inspection before the arrival of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini. September 25, 1941

Aces of the 281st Torpedo-Bomber Squadron of the Italian Air Force stand next to a Savoia Marchetti SM.79 "Sparviero" torpedo bomber. Standing in the back row, left to right: first:

Lieutenant Giulio Cesare Graziani, third: Captain Carlo Emanuele Buscaglia (squadron commander), fifth: Captain Giuseppe Cimucci. Gadurra Airfield, Rhodes. June 11, 1941

Italian Fiat G.50 Freccia fighters from the 351st Squadriglia of the 20th Group in flight near the Ciampino airfield in Rome. October 1939

Lieutenant Guido Bresciani and Staff Sergeant Emilio Casco stand next to a Savoia-Marchetti SM.79 "Sparviero" bomber of the 233rd Squadriglia of the Italian Air Force at an airfield in Libya. Patches from bullet holes are visible on the fuselage. December 14, 1940

G.50 Freccia

A Fiat G.50 "Freccia" fighter of the 352nd Squadriglia of the 20th Group of the Italian Air Force in flight near Martuba. July 1941

A guard stands guard at the Fiat G.50 "Freccia" fighter from the 354th Squadriglia of the 24th Group of the Italian Air Force at an airfield near Tirana. January 1941

Italian Macchi MC.202 "Folgore" fighters at an airfield in southern 🇮🇹 Italy.

Macchi MC.200 "Saetta" fighters of the 369th Squadron of the Italian Air Force at Stalino airfield. 1942

Fiat G.50 "Freccia" fighters of the 354th Squadron of the Italian Air Force (354 Squadriglia) at an airfield near Tirana. January 1941

Pilot near a Macchi MC.200 "Saetta" fighter (probably from the 382nd Squadriglia (382ª Squadriglia) of the 21st Group, 21 Gruppo) of the Italian Air Force at Stalino airfield (now Donetsk). June-August 1942

Italian Macchi MC.200 "Saetta" and Macchi MC.202 "Folgore" fighters on the Eastern Front. The MC.202 on the right belongs to the 356th Squadriglia. Despite the winter, all aircraft are wearing desert camouflage. 1942

Fiat G.50 "Freccia" fighters of the 352nd Squadriglia of the 20th Group of the Italian Air Force at the airfield on the island of Pantelleria. 1941

An Italian SM.79 "Sparviero" bomber flies accompanied by Macchi C.200 "Saetta" fighters

A pair of Italian Fiat G.50 Freccia fighters from the 352nd Squadriglia of the 20th Group of the Italian Air Force in flight near Martuba. July 1941.