Keywords: SIAI S.16 at Guidonia 1944.jpg Ground crew members of No 3 Squadron RAAF made an interesting find at Guidonia Italy when they arrived at an airfield near Rome The SIAI S 16 amphibian aircraft which they were examining had an RAAF badge emblazoned on its fuselage and the insription Pt Cook beneath it Their amazement was completed until an Italian explained that the SIAI had been flown out to Australia in 1925 by Italian pilot Di Pinedo MEA1796 ca 1944-06 Laurence Craddock Le Guay Australian armed forces Image copyright Copyright expired - public domain frame cropped PD-Australia SIAI S 16 No 3 Squadron RAAF Black and white photographs Laurence Craddock Le Guay |