1933 Italy, Kingdom, Airmail, # 51I/52I, Long Triptychs, MNH**

Item Specifics

Country

Italy

Catalog Number

51I

Stamp Type

General Issue

Condition

Mint (NH)

Stamp Format

Single

Item Description

1933 Italy, Kingdom, Airmail, # 51I/52I, Triptychs Long, MNH** 1933 North Atlantic Air Cruise July 1, 12 August 1933 The Decennial Air Cruise, or North Atlantic Cruise, or 'North Atlantic Air Cruise', also known as the 'Italy-North America' air cruise, 'Orbetello-Chicago-New York-Rome' or 'II Atlantic Cruise' was the second mass and last transatlantic cruise.

It was organized by Italo Balbo in the first decade of the Regia Aeronautica and as a propaganda occasion for the Century of Progress, the World's Fair held in Chicago for the centenary of the city's founding.

25 SIAI-Marchetti S.55X seaplanes took part, organized into 8 squadrons. On board 52 pilot officers, 1 engineer officer and 62 specialist NCOs.

They returned to Italy in 24 aircraft, one having been lost in the tragic accident in the Azores (Bay of Horta).

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