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While searching for a pic of native levies using M.95 long rifles ( I know a pic exists, but I flat can't find it) I did locate a few WW2 aircraft pics - some in AOI. SW

Breda ground attack aircraft. These were not overly speedy and suffered huge losses on all fronts.

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Photo recon over N Africa. The B&W pic doesn't show how the paint scheme got the handle, "sand and spinach".

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Loading ammo and checking electrical circuits. Italian logostics were horrible at best, and each "Stormo" had the majority of their planes in pieces due to lack of spares.

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"Gas 'er up, Guido!" Given the supply situation, it's not unreasonable to speculate gasoline was pilfered from the Germans or Italian armored units.

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Launching a spotter for the big battleship guns.

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But wait! What's wrong with this pic? The spotter lacks floats. So when the Regia Marina is heavily engaged far out to sea, what does the pilot do when low on gas?

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I found a bunch more but they can wait for a day when the Italian forum is slow. SW

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"But wait! What's wrong with this pic? The spotter lacks floats. So when the Regia Marina is heavily engaged far out to sea, what does the pilot do when low on gas? "

...I'm guessin they werent THAT stoopid and close enuf to land someplace friendly...heck...on the Med cruises I made even WE used airfields in Sicily,Corsica Sardinia,Italy in general,even Malta and other assorted places in case of diverts or emergency...
...below is pic of one of my squadron's A6-E's on a bomb run to Pachino target area...if you look toward the top of the pic you can see its flying over the southern coast of Sicily and headed right for the exact beaches where our troops landed when invading the south coast during WW2...I shrunk the pic down...I have the scan from the original neg at much higher resolution and the detail is awesome...

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The aircraft launch shown above must have been an experiment of some sort. Here are more Regia Marina aircraft pics.

This looks more like a battleship spotter. It's equipped to splash down & be hoisted back aboard. No doubt much easier to find pilots for this one.

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This is a navy plane, but I won't say it belonged on a ship. Possibly it was just overhauled on a seaplane tender.

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Here we see float planes swinging at anchor... and what about those tracks in the water? Could this be Decima MAS drilling with the manned torpedos?

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Following are two more examples of the "sand and spinach" camo pattern. More later. SW
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