The Macchi’s C.202 Folgore (Thunderbolt) was the most potent Italian-built fighter fielded bythe Regia Aeronautics, the Italian Air Force. The Macchi C.202 held its own against the bestAllied fighters in the Mediterranean and North Africa. After brilliant author Marco Mattioliconcludes charting its service history, he places the reader in its cockpit via the exploits of theactual pilots who flew it into action over the Western Desert and in the defense of Sicily andItaly.In the third book, renowned WW II historian Steven J. Zaloga not only explains why the OilCampaign was the most decisive air campaign of the WWII, but also exactly how the USAAF andBomber Command achieved that remarkable victory.In tomorrow’s edition, look for Part 2 of this must-read OPREY Air War Campaign Series: “Leyte
Gulf 1944 (2)”, “German and Italian Aircraft Carriers of WW II”, and “The Polish Navy 1918-45 —
- The Polish, Soviet War to WW II”.
