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    The Corpo Aereo Italiano (literally, "Italian Air Corps"), or CAI, was an expeditionary force from the Italian Regia Aeronautica (Italian Royal Air Force)...
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    83a, 85a and 95a Squadriglia equipped with CR.42s as part of the Corpo Aereo Italiano, an independent air corps for operations against Great Britain. On...
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    Royal Air Force. From 1940 to 1941 he served as the commander of the Corpo Aereo Italiano which, in concert with the Luftwaffe, took part in the Battle of...
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    CR.42 Falco was a biplane fighter used by the Italian Air Corps (Corpo Aereo Italiano). They only made one mission during the battle itself when on 29...
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  • Expeditionary Corps 1917–1918 Afrika Korps (Nazi Germany) Corpo Aereo Italiano (Fascist Italy) Corpo Truppe Volontarie Brazilian Expeditionary Force British...
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    Royal Air Force (Regia Aeronautica) called the Italian Air Corps (Corpo Aereo Italiano or CAI) took part in the later stages of the Battle of Britain. It...
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    showed its limitations for the first time. On 10 September 1940, the Corpo Aereo Italiano was formed, with 13° and 43° Stormi equipped with 80 brand-new BR...
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  • Spanish Civil War and World War II. He was deputy commander of the Corpo Aereo Italiano and commander of the Auxiliary Naval Air Force; after the Armistice...
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    flying the Fiat G.50. In autumn 1940, Doglio was in Belgium with the Corpo Aereo Italiano, the Italian air expedition against England. Niclot carried out his...
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    or partially equipped with Beaufighters spread over 5 Groups. The Corpo Aereo Italiano (literally, "Italian Air Corps"), or CAI, was an expeditionary force...
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  • parent company of Alitalia Corendon Airlines (ICAO airline code) Corpo Aereo Italiano, an element of the Italian Regia Aeronautica during the Battle of...
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    contingent of Italian fighters and bombers, the Italian Air Corps (Corpo Aereo Italiano or CAI), to assist in the Luftwaffe's aerial campaign over Britain...
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    Aeronautica Nazionale Repubblicana. During the conflict, he flew with the Corpo Aereo Italiano (CAI, Italian Air Corps) during the Battle of Britain, fought over...
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    Ilyushin IL-2s Shturmoviks and Petlyakov Pe-2s. During March 1943, the Corpo Aereo Italiano was detached to Odessa airbase, joining Reggiane Re. 2000 Héja I...
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    Battle of Britain, Italy contributed an expeditionary force, the Corpo Aereo Italiano, which took part in the Blitz from October 1940 until April 1941...
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  • 1951. The film does not make reference to the Italian pilots from Corpo Aereo Italiano, an Italian expeditionary force, that fought in the Battle of Britain...
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    part in the Battle of Britain. In addition to the Luftwaffe, the Corpo Aereo Italiano stationed Fiat BR.20M Cigogna (43° Stormo) and Cant Z.1007bis bombers...
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    Stormo, formed to operate during the Battle of Britain as part of the Corpo Aereo Italiano (Italian Air Corps, CAI) based in Belgium, together with the 18°...
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    Luftwaffe in the Battle of Britain was established. It was named Corpo Aereo Italiano, or CAI. It was under command of Generale Rino Corso Fougier. It...
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  • Royal Italian Air Force Commander of the Corpo Aereo Italiano Served as the commander of the Corpo Aereo Italiano. Served as the Chief of Staff of the Italian...
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  • Italian divisions in World War II Royal Corps of Colonial Troops Corpo Aereo Italiano Regia Marina Blackshirts Black Brigades The following list includes...
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    Squadriglia to Belgium in the strategic reconnaissance role for the Corpo Aereo Italiano. They were used in force only once, on 11 November 1940, when five...
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    Expeditionary Corps in Russia Regia Aeronautica – Royal Italian Air Force Corpo Aereo Italiano Regia Marina – Royal Italian Navy Decima Flottiglia MAS Italian Co-Belligerent...
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    buildings restored. In autumn 1940, Germans assigned the airfield to the Corpo Aereo Italiano, the air corps sent by Regia Aeronautica for operations against Britain...
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    War II, the Italian Expeditionary Corps in Russia (Italian: Corpo di Spedizione Italiano in Russia; CSIR) was a corps-sized expeditionary unit of the...
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  • October 1940 and April 1941 the airfield was used by Fiat G.50s of the Corpo Aereo Italiano, an expeditionary force from the Regia Aeronautica ("Royal Air Force")...
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  • September 10 – The Regia Aeronautica (Italian Royal Air Force) forms the Corpo Aereo Italiano (Italian Air Corps) as an expeditionary force for bombing the United...
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    Bordoni, Italian air force officer and race car driver, member of the Corpo Aereo Italiano during World War II, recipient of the Silver Medal of Military Valor...
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  • German bomb exploded at Buckingham Palace for the first time. The Corpo Aereo Italiano was formed to participate in the Battle of Britain. German submarine...
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    Thames Estuary destroyed a fighter of this type. On 23 November, the Corpo Aereo Italiano (the Italian Air Corps) mounted one of its few raids against the...
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