"RAF Capture Italian S.M. 81 Bomber" An Italian Savioa bomber force landed at Husn bal 'id, 150-miles East of Aden and the crew were taken prisoner. "Homo Fantastico" was the Italian pilot's tribute when he heard that a British pilot had taken off a strange three-engined aircraft from a bumpy wadi in the desert and landed it safely 150 miles away. This image shows the captured bomber at Aden.