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| Unit and ride | Mission intro | |
| Frame 1 | Schlachtgeschwader 4, FW190-A8. | Hunting over the beachheads of Syracuse, in search for air and ground targets to feed their 30mm cannons, , during the first phases of the allied invasion of Sicily. |
| Frame 1 | 101° Gruppo Italian ground attack unit equipped with Re2002 aircrafts (F6F) | : whispering shadows advancing through the night: this pilots, the remnants of a crack unit of italian stukas, are still hitting hard, even if their action is confined to night sorties now. |
| Frame 1 | Regia Aeronautica 51° Stormo, C202 | Join "I 4 gatti"* as this famous crack unit is involved in a long and hard fight with enemy intruders, where, lacking firepower, good aim and flying skill are your best weapons. |
| Frame 1 | Regia Aeronautica 3° Stormo-18°gruppo, C.205 | People's running on bright green grass....people's screamin "Scramble! Scramble! Rome
is under attack!!".... people’s climbin in the cockpits of their
shark-shaped fighters....people's jumping in the shiny blue of a wartime
summer sky...aren’t you following them? |
51°
Stormo: an italian crack unit, its veterans developed a great combat
experience over Malta,
Sicily and North Africa; achieving more successes
in their 1943 fights from Sardinians bases. The fact that hey had
conserved humour even in those
tragic days is confirmed by the nickname
of their group “I soliti
quattro gatti”.
English
translation is : “The same old four cats”…To fully understand the
meaning the phrase You must know that the expression “four cats” means
also “very few people” in Italian. This
name was both referring to their insigna and to the extreme lack of new pilots
and planes.