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- ISBN 9781846039775
- Weight: 440g
- Dimensions: 178 x 244mm
- Publication Date: 20 Dec 2010
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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A detailed examination of one of Italy's leading units in World War 2, 53° Stormo, which saw action on the French Front, the Balkans, in North Africa and the Mediterranean.
In some of the most iconic Italian fighters of the conflict – CR.32/42, Fiat G.50, Macchi C.200 and C.202, as well as the Bf 109G, 53° Stormo fought its final actions over Rome, Torino and Milan.
Featuring first-hand accounts, numerous photos and colourful artwork, this book is a great addition to Osprey's Aviation Elite Units series.
A native of Rome, Marco Mattioli has been interested in military history since he was a teenager. In 1992 he joined the Italian National Journalist Order, after which he was employed as a writer for several leading Italian history publishers. He has also contributed to many important Italian history and defence magazines, as well as writing a number of books on Italian military aviation.
Richard Caruana is a Malta-based artist whose profile artwork is well known and respected, in aviation modelling periodicals such as Scale Aviation Modelling and Scale Models. He has illustrated many of Osprey Publishing's Italian aviation titles.
