CANT Z.1007 Alcione
History
Bulit by CANT.
49 aircraft were used during April war in 1941 by Italy out of which at lest one (pilot 2nd Lieutenant Giovanni della Costa?) was shot down by mistake by Messerschmitt's Bf-109 from 7th Squadron (Staffel) of 26th Fighter Wing (Jagdgeschwader).
After Italian capitulation Germans turned over six aircraft to NDH Air force while now allied Regia Aeronautica used it to drop supplies to Tito's Partisans and Italian units fighting with Partisans in Montenegro.
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