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Victory markings on Italian planes


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I recently purchased Osprey’s Italian Aces of WWII, and came across something I’d never seen before: victory markings on Italian aircraft. Italian ace Ennio Tarantola had aircraft outlines painted on his C.202, with his Spanish Civil War victory in red and his WWII victories in yellow.

 

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According to the book, such markings were quite rare among Italian pilots, but were usually aircraft outlines when they were used.

 

Does anyone here know of any other examples of victory markings on Italian WWII aircraft, especially ones that weren’t aircraft outlines? I’m interested to see examples from the Regia Aeronautica, Aeronautica Nazionale Repubblicana, and the Aviazione Cobelligerante Italiana.

Edited by [Pb]Cybermat47
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