Submission View Keyboard Shortcuts
Comic
Previous page
Next page
ctrl+
Previous submission
ctrl+
Next submission
Scroll up
Scroll down
m
Minimize sidebar
c
Show comments
ctrl+a
Go to author profile
ctrl+s
Download submission
(if available)
(if available)
Macchi MC200 Saetta - USAF Museum 04-18-2017
Title can't be empty.
Title can't be empty.
8 years ago
104 Views
4 Likes
[i] The MC.200 on display was transferred from the Regia Aeronautica's 372nd Squadron in Italy to the 165th Squadron in North Africa during November 1942, just in time to be abandoned at Banghazi airfield following the battle of El Alamein. It appears that, in the press of circumstances, it remained in its 372nd markings. Captured by British forces, it was subsequently shipped to the United States where it was exhibited around the country to sell war bonds. Later obtained by the New England Air Museum, in 1989 it was purchased by a private owner who had it restored in Italy by a team from Aermacchi, the original builder, before its acquisition by the museum. It is displayed in the markings of the 372nd Squadron of the Regia Aeronautica that it carried at the time of its capture. [/i]