The third SM.75, registered in April 1938. In November 1940, I-TITO was involved in airlifting Italian troops from Brindisi to Tirana, Albania - no doubt for the war against Greece. Photo from: Smithsonian Institution

Intiriguing photo of an Italian SM.75 in Portugal, most probably in Lisbon. Aircraft first flown on 31 October 1942 as MM60550. To LATI as I-BUTI in February 1943. Wears military outfit with Fascist roundel on the nose. 60550 apperars to be painted on the tailfin, but with a different prefix than MM. LATI maintained a Rome - Seville - Lisbon - Sal - Recife - Rio de Janeiro route until late 1941. It was flown as far as Lisbon until Italian armistice of September 1943. This aircraft then became Crown Prince Umberto's personal plane. Photo by: Mário Novais / Gulbenkian Art Library