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Italo Balbo organized a series of spectacular mass formation “air cruises” that became synonymous with his name. On July 1, 1933, in a scene resembling a Jules Verne fantasy, 25 twin-hulled Savoia Marchetti S.55 flying boats rose majestically from the Italian seaplane base at Orbetello and headed toward the snow-capped Alps. Their objective, after flying …
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