years ago i had an ATL story which enabled me to build all manner of whiffs, i have resurrected it to give me a back story for this
Horton Ho-229 'Scoiattolo' of the Regia Aeronautica 1947
By 1947 the Horton Ho-229 had evolved into a capable multi role aircraft...night fighter, reconnaissance , low level strike,,.....it was used by most of the Axis Alliance until obsolescence in the mid 1950s
The Italian Regia Aeronautica used it as a low level strike aircraft, naming it Scoiattolo (Squirrel), operating in the Axis controlled countries in Western Africa attacking not just land based targets in Commonwealth Central Africa but also attacking shipping convoys heading to ports in the Gulf of Guinea
For this role they were equipped with a single drop tank to extend range and two variants of the 'Maglio' (Sledgehammer) anti shipping missiles
and one for scale
Horton Ho-229 'Scoiattolo' of the Regia Aeronautica 1947
By 1947 the Horton Ho-229 had evolved into a capable multi role aircraft...night fighter, reconnaissance , low level strike,,.....it was used by most of the Axis Alliance until obsolescence in the mid 1950s
The Italian Regia Aeronautica used it as a low level strike aircraft, naming it Scoiattolo (Squirrel), operating in the Axis controlled countries in Western Africa attacking not just land based targets in Commonwealth Central Africa but also attacking shipping convoys heading to ports in the Gulf of Guinea
For this role they were equipped with a single drop tank to extend range and two variants of the 'Maglio' (Sledgehammer) anti shipping missiles
and one for scale
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