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Re: Savoia Marchetti SM84 - 257a Squadriglia (1943)
Hi Frederic
I very interesting photo and also a puzzling one.
If Chris Dunning got his unit histories correctly together, 257a Sqd belonged all its life to 108 Gruppo, and looking at that parent unit it was only equipped with the SM.84 during late 1940 to ca autumn 1942 when it again received the SM.79.
In ca mid 1943 and before the armistice it was based at
Milis, Sardinia (from 22 May)
Lecce (June)
Pisa (30 July)
Brindisi (13 Aug)
Pisa (27 Aug)
As you can see, something does not add up with regard to the photo.
In 1943 the unit had no SM.84 and I cannot recall any mass escape by that type to the Allies in North Africa.
Cheers
Stig
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