Aviation History

LOST AND FOUND IN THE LIBYAN DESERT

n April 21, 1941, Italian forces spotted a British convoy southwest of Crete and two Savoia-Marchetti SM.79 torpedo bombers were sent to attack the enemy vessels. At 16:50 hours an SM.79 flown by Lieutenant Guido Robone took off from. Soon after that, Cimolini’s SM.79 had loosed its torpedo…and then vanished.

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