#POMMIE PAUL SERIES#
Two more things: first, not all aircraft by Serie I had short mast, as shown by this image (MM 7944, ex-168-?, then 86-8, then 164-1, by Emiliani-Ghergo-Vigna, Regia Aeronautica – Il Settore Mediterraneo, Intergest, 1976): Paul Collingwood altered the course of the Ashes cricket series with a milestone double century and a 310-run partnership with Kevin Pietersen on. To know more about Solaroli, take a look here: 27 (MC.205) is announced that a book dealing every single Macchi fighter produced is to be published. I thought that MM 8088 for 72-4 could be credible, trusting in the sharp eye of Mr Caruana, but other options are valid too, apart 8086 which had been lost during transfer. The 23° Gruppo received from Breda brand new MC.202s in May-June 1942, before transferring to North Africa in July. So, it is likewise our aircraft belonged to the latter. As told by Vince, Serie I (7859-7958) and VI (8081-8130) had snakelike green spots over sand, while Serie VIII (8339-8388) had ramified mottles. Now, a study of the same Giovanni Massimello in an old issue of Aerofan dealt of Folgore camo. Later, he had an info from the Authors Apostolo and Massimello, that one of aircraft flown by Solaroli probably had MM 7913.
I had a contact with Mr Caruana, and he kindly told me that, before drawing the profile, he saw the original photo (or a sharp copy of it) of 74-2, and the MM, although not readable, seemed to be like 8088 or so. When Osprey’s book on Italian aces was published, a profile by Richard J Caruana depicted it, and the caption stated the MM was probably 7913. In the rear cover of above cited In Action book there is a profile of this aircraft. As I helped Vince in his research, I need to explain you how we're quite sure why 74-2 is a Breda-built Serie VIII.
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