British aircraft in Italian markings 1940-43, any photos?

[Big Prop]

Hi, does anyone know of photos of British aircraft captured by Italian forces between 1940 and 1943? Thanks.

[Orwell1984]

from http://www.ww2incolor.com/italian-force ... leria.html

Bristol Blenheim MK,IV, N3589, flying directly from Great Britain to Malta, September, 13th 1940 landed at Pantelleria due to lack of fuel.

[Maxschnauzer]

There aren't that many pics like that out there. AFAIK there were only a handful of RAF aircraft captured by the Italians:

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Source: http://www.fleetairarmarchive.net/aircr ... epage.html


Hawker Hurricane (Source: http://ww2eagles.blogspot.com/2013/06/a ... regia.html):
The site has several more (uncaptioned) pics.

[Orwell1984]

The best reference for what you're looking for is the dual English/Italian Ali D'Italia book Prede Di Guerra (War Prizes) which looks at Yugoslavian, British, American and Belgian captured aircraft. I dug out my copy and took some pictures for you of the British aircraft mentioned in the book. Aside from the Blenheim and the Hurricane already mentioned. (As an aside the Hurricane is actually a captured Yugoslav machine). The following British machines also show up in Italian markings:

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Fairey Albacore X9154 821 Squadron FAA. Used as a hack by 4 Stormo

Italian Markings Beaufighter.JPG (105.23 KiB) Viewed 720 times

Beaufighter Mk IC T4887 lost on a delivery flight to Malta

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Fairey Swordfish Mk I K8403 E4M 813 Squadron FAA also used as a hack aircraft