Poina ʻia nā pūʻali koa Italia ma ka Hikina Hikina

ʻO Italia Savoia-Marchetti SM.81 mokulele mokulele ma ke kahua mokulele ʻo Immola ma ka hikina hema o Finland, kahi i hoʻonoho ʻia ai ka pūʻali koa Terraciano mai Iune 16 a Iulai 2, 1944.

ʻOiai ka hāʻawi pio ʻole ʻana o Italia i ka lā 8 o Kepakemapa, 1943, ua hoʻomau kekahi hapa nui o ka pūʻali koa Italia e komo i ke Kaua Honua II, e hakakā ana ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o ka National Republican Air Force (Aeronautica Nazionale Repubblicana) me ka Third Reich a i ʻole ka Italia. pūʻali ea. Aviazione Co-Belligerante Italiana) me nā hoa pili. ʻO nā kumu maʻamau o ke koho ʻana, ʻo ia nā manaʻo politika, nā hoaaloha, a me nā wahi ʻohana; ua hoʻoholo wale ʻia e hoʻokumu i kahi hui ma ka lā o ka hāʻawi ʻana.

Ua loaʻa i ka National Republican Aviation kāna hui ponoʻī a me kāna kauoha, akā, e like me nā pūʻali koa āpau o ka Italian Social Republic, ua hoʻokō ʻia ma lalo o ka Luna Nui o ka Axis ma Italia (ka luna koa o ka pūʻali koa Kelemania i ka Apennine Peninsula, ka luna o ka pūʻali koa. Pūʻulu C) Marshal Albert Kesselring a me Commander 2nd Air Fleet Field Marshal Wolfram von Richthofen. Ua manaʻo ʻo W. von Richthofen e hoʻohui i ka National Republican Air Force i ka Luftwaffe ma ke ʻano he "Italian Legion" i mea e mālama pono ai iā lākou. Eia naʻe, ma hope o ko Mussolini komo ʻana i nā hana a Hitler, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻo Field Marshal Wolfram von Richthofen a pani ʻia e General Maximilian Ritter von Pohl.

I loko o ka National Republican Aviation, i alakaʻi ʻia e ka mea hoʻokūkū kaulana ʻo Colonel Ernesto Botta, ua hoʻokumu ʻia kahi alakaʻi a me nā keʻena nui, a me nā ʻāpana aʻe: kahi kikowaena hoʻomaʻamaʻa no nā poʻe o ka torpedo, bomb a me nā mokulele mokulele. Ua māhele ʻia ka ʻāina o ka Italian Social Republic i ʻekolu mau kuleana: 1. Zona Aerea Territoriale Milano (Milan), 2. Zona Aerea Territoriale Padova (Padua) a me 3. Zona Aerea Territoriale Firenze.

ʻO nā mokulele o ka National Republican Aviation he mau hōʻailona ma ka ʻaoʻao o luna a me lalo o nā ʻēheu i ke ʻano o ʻelua pūʻolo stylized o nā lāʻau ʻawaʻawa i loko o ka palena huinahā. I ka hoʻomaka ʻana, ua pena pololei ʻia lākou ma kahi kāmeʻa me ka pena keʻokeʻo, akā ʻaʻole liʻuliʻu ua hoʻololi ʻia ka peʻa i ʻeleʻele a kau ʻia ma luna o kahi keʻokeʻo. I ka hala ʻana o ka manawa, ua hoʻokomo ʻia kahi ʻano maʻalahi o ka hōʻailona, ​​​​e pena wale i nā mea ʻeleʻele pololei ma ke kāʻei camouflage, ʻoi aku hoʻi ma nā ʻaoʻao o luna o nā ʻēheu. Ma nā ʻaoʻao ʻelua o ka fuselage hope (i kekahi manawa kokoke i ka cockpit) he hōʻailona ma ke ʻano o ka hae aupuni Italia me kahi palena melemele (serrated ma nā ʻaoʻao: luna, lalo a me hope). ʻO nā kaha like, ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi, ua hana hou ʻia ma nā ʻaoʻao ʻelua o ka hui huelo a i ʻole, ʻoi aku ka kakaikahi, ma ka ʻaoʻao mua o ka fuselage. Ua kaha ʻia ka hōʻailona ma ke ʻano e kū mau ai ka ʻōmaʻomaʻo (me ka ʻaoʻao melemele maʻemaʻe) i ke ala o ka lele.

Ma muli o ka hopohopo ʻaʻole e mālama ʻia nā pailaka NPA i hopu ʻia ma ke ʻano he mau pio o ke kaua (ʻoiai ʻo ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa a me Beretania Nui wale nō i ʻike i ka mea i kapa ʻia ʻo Southern Kingdom) a hāʻawi ʻia i Italia, kahi e hōʻino ai iā lākou he mau kipi, ʻo ka mokulele mokulele. o ka Fascist Italian Air Force hou i komo i ke kaua, maluna wale no o ka aina i hoomaluia e na koa Kelemania-Italia. ʻO ka lele ʻana ma luna o ka ʻāina ʻenemi i lawe wale ʻia e nā poʻe hoʻokele torpedo bomber,

nāna i hāʻawi manawaleʻa.

Ma waena o nā ʻāpana i hoʻokumu ʻia, ʻo ia hoʻi ʻelua mau pūʻulu o ka mokulele mokulele, i hoʻopaʻa ʻia ma lalo o ka Transport Aviation Command (Servizi Aerei Speciali). Ma ke poʻo o ke kauoha i hana ʻia i Nowemapa 1943, ua ʻike ʻo Lieutenant V. Pietro Morino - ka luna mua o ka 44th Transport Aviation Regiment. Ma hope o ka hāʻawi ʻole ʻia ʻana o Italia, ʻo ia ka mea mua i hōʻuluʻulu i nā limahana lawe poma ma ke kahua mokulele ʻo Bergamo. Ua hui pū ʻo ia ma Florence, Turin, Bologna a me nā wahi ʻē aʻe he nui i hele mai ai.

hoʻihoʻi ʻia i Bergamo.

ʻO ka mea hoʻokele mua o ka 149th squadron o ka 44th air transport regiment, ʻo Rinaldo Porta, i hakakā ma ʻApelika ʻĀkau, ua hahai i kēia ala. Ma ka lā 8 o Kepakemapa, 1943, aia ʻo ia ma ke kahua mokulele ʻo LʻUrbe kokoke i Roma, kahi āna i hele ai i Catania, kahi āna i ʻike ai e hana hou ana kona luna koa i ka ʻāpana. Ua nalowale kona mau pilikia a ua hoʻoholo ʻo ia e lawe i kahi puff. No ke aha ʻo ia i hana ai? E like me kāna i kākau ai - no ka manaʻo o ke kaikunāne me nā mea hoʻokele ʻē aʻe, me nā poʻe Kelemania, me ka mea āna i lele ai a kaua aku no nā makahiki ʻoi aku ma mua o ʻekolu, a ua make i kēia kaua.

Ua hoʻokumu ʻia ka Terraciano Transport Aviation Squadron (I Gruppo Aerotransporti "Terraciano") ma Bergamo Airport i Nowemapa 1943, a ʻo Major V. Peel kona luna. Egidio Pelizzari. ʻO Major Peel ka mea nāna i hoʻokumu i kēia hui. Alfredo Zanardi. Ma Ianuali 1944, 150 mau pailaka a me 100 mau loea honua i ʻākoakoa. ʻO ke kumu nui o ka pūʻali koa ʻo ia ka poʻe holo lele o ka 10th Bomber Regiment mua, a i ka manawa o ka haʻalele ʻana e kali ana i nā mea hoʻokūkū hou German twin-engine Ju 88.

I ka hoʻomaka ʻana, ʻaʻohe lako o ka Terraziano squadron. ʻAʻole hiki i kekahi manawa ma hope aku i hāʻawi aku ai nā Allies i ka poʻe Italia i nā mokulele lawe ʻeono mua ʻekolu-engined Savoia-Marchetti SM.81, i lawe pio ʻia ma hope o 8 Kepakemapa 1943.