| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | I-BUTI |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Savoia-Marchetti SM.75 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Savoia-Marchetti SM.75 |
| Aircraft Version: | Savoia-Marchetti SM.75bis |
| C/n (msn): | 32067 |
| Operator Titles: | Italy - Air Force |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | LisbonMap |
| Country: | Portugal |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: LPPT IATA: LIS Local: - Other: - |
| Photo Date: | 1 February 1943 to 8 September 1943 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 296698 |
| Photo Comment |
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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 This photo was added on 3 November 2020, and has since been viewed 1031 times. |