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<br /> r<br /> b<br /> a<br /> e<br /> t<br /> c<br /> e<br /> l<br /> i<br /> n<br /> g<br /> WWII In Italy | 2022 | Volume 49 | Number 4<br /> MOLTI NEMICI - MOLTO ONORE<br /> www.commemorativeairforce.org  THE DISPATCH 1<br /> EDITOR<br /> Leah Block<br /> CORRESPONDENTS<br /> Moreno Aguiari Hank Coates<br /> Gregory Alegi Philipe Ferretti<br /> Luigino Caliaro<br /> ART<br /> Farrah Underwood, Designer<br /> PRINTER<br /> Knight Abbey<br /> COMMEMORATIVE AIR FORCE<br /> Physical Address:<br /> CAF National Headquarters<br /> 5661 Mariner Dr. Dallas, TX 75237<br /> Mailing Address:<br /> CAF National Headquarters<br /> P.O. Box 764769 Dallas, TX 75376<br /> (877) 767-7175<br /> info@cafhq.org<br /> www.CommmemorativeAirForce.org<br /> THE DISPATCH<br /> DIGITAL DISPATCH<br /> This and past issues of The Dispatch are available on the “Members<br /> Only” section of the Commemorative Air Force website.<br /> ©20<a title="Digital Dispatch, April 2022 page 1" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8dfbae6f?page=1"> r b a e t c e l i n g WWII In Italy | </a> <a title="Digital Dispatch, April 2022 page 2" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8dfbae6f?page=2"> EDITOR Leah Block CORRESPONDENTS Moreno Aguiari </a> <a title="Digital Dispatch, April 2022 page 3" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8dfbae6f?page=3"> CONTENTS COLUMNS FEATURES 46 FLI</a> <a title="Digital Dispatch, April 2022 page 4" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8dfbae6f?page=4"> He CA nry “Hank” Coates F President/CEO FLIGHT</a> <a title="Digital Dispatch, April 2022 page 5" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8dfbae6f?page=5"> OFFICIAL MERCHANDISE OF THE COMMEMORATIVE AIR FOR</a> <a title="Digital Dispatch, April 2022 page 6" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8dfbae6f?page=6"> An Italian Fiat G.50 Freccia (Arrow) flown by the</a> <a title="Digital Dispatch, April 2022 page 7" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8dfbae6f?page=7"> Società Italiana Aviazione SIA 7B (1917</a> <a title="Digital Dispatch, April 2022 page 8" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8dfbae6f?page=8"> 8 purchased some 160 aircraft prototypes, includ</a> <a title="Digital Dispatch, April 2022 page 9" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8dfbae6f?page=9"> When the war showed equipment to be as important </a> <a title="Digital Dispatch, April 2022 page 10" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8dfbae6f?page=10"> 10 These considerations largely explain why the </a> <a title="Digital Dispatch, April 2022 page 11" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8dfbae6f?page=11"> Pilots from the 281st torpedo-bomber squadron of </a> <a title="Digital Dispatch, April 2022 page 12" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8dfbae6f?page=12"> REGIA AERONAUT WORLD WAR II FIGHTERS C.R. 42 FALC</a> <a title="Digital Dispatch, April 2022 page 13" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8dfbae6f?page=13"> ICA mg=</a> <a title="Digital Dispatch, April 2022 page 14" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8dfbae6f?page=14"> WWII KEY EVENTS FOR ITALY </a> <a title="Digital Dispatch, April 2022 page 15" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8dfbae6f?page=15"> 1944/March 17: Mt. Vesuvius erupts destroying U.S</a> <a title="Digital Dispatch, April 2022 page 16" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8dfbae6f?page=16"> 16 U.S. ARMY AIR FORCE TAKES ON AN UNUSUAL FOE: </a> <a title="Digital Dispatch, April 2022 page 17" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8dfbae6f?page=17"> Relocating aircraft from the Pompeii Airfield was</a> <a title="Digital Dispatch, April 2022 page 18" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8dfbae6f?page=18"> 18 SIX ITALIAN AMERICANS TO KNOW </a> <a title="Digital Dispatch, April 2022 page 19" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8dfbae6f?page=19"> HENRY MUCCI Henry Mucci pledged his servic</a> <a title="Digital Dispatch, April 2022 page 20" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8dfbae6f?page=20"> AIRCRAFT LIMELIGHT L I T TLHE B L U E </a> <a title="Digital Dispatch, April 2022 page 21" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8dfbae6f?page=21"> when I joined Le Plessis-Belleville airfield, thi</a> <a title="Digital Dispatch, April 2022 page 22" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8dfbae6f?page=22"> 22 Blimp Maintenance Squadron 3, in charge of th</a> <a title="Digital Dispatch, April 2022 page 23" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8dfbae6f?page=23"> GONE WEST As of February 2022 James Johnston . </a> <a title="Digital Dispatch, April 2022 page 24" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8dfbae6f?page=24"> Moose Peterson Fly Through History in an America</a>