by Moreno Aguiari One of the most powerful aspects of studying World War II is the virtually unending supply of stories involving heroism, self-sacrifice and duty. Today we recount one of these tales which almost […]
By Luigino Caliaro Sunday April 29th, 1945 marked the first weekend following the effective cessation of hostilities in Italy during WWII. At the military barracks in Milan, only recently occupied by the Garibaldi Rocco and […]
A fascinating video surfaced recently showing the remarkably intact frame of a Junkers Ju-87 Stuka in the Adriatic sea off the coast of Croatia close to the island of Žirje. Divers from the Croatian Department of Underwater Archeology, alongside […]
By Luciano Pontolillo of LuckyPlane.it. We’ve probably all seen pictures of ghostly wartime relics emerging from the sands of the Sahara desert from time to time. The most recent find of an RAF Curtiss Kittyhawk […]
On October 12th, 2013 the members of an Italian aeronautical historical research group called Gruppo Ricerche Storiche Aeronautiche (GRSA) recovered the remains of a Macchi C.205 Veltro piloted by Sgt.Maj. Angelo Zaccaria who crashed […]
Few weeks ago we reported the successful rescue of an Italian Re.2000 which had sunk in the waters of Portovenere (La Spezia) in 1943 . The operation was carried out for free by the company […]
After just three days of planning in the afternoon of Wednesday, December 4, 2013 , the Company Micoperi proceeded to recover the wreckage of the fighter of the Regia Aeronautica Reggiane Re.2000 sank off Porto […]
The “Falco” ( Italian for hawk) has come to light: yesterday the mission to recover the fighter Re.2000 was successfully completed. The Reggiane’s fighter had sunk in the waters of Portovenere (La Spezia) in 1943. […]
Planes of Fame Air Museum in Chino, CA presents another installment of their Living History Event Day on Saturday, May 18. Named Regia Aeronautica: Italian Aircraft, the event features a discussion panel of connoisseurs: historians, […]
Unlike many pre-war German bomber types which started their career pretending to be airliners or fast mail aircraft, the Savoia Marchetti SM.79 tri-motor was a bona fide airliner which ended up as Italy’s best (and […]
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