Italian Raiders by Ivan Berryman. (B) BAT21 Capt Bobby Concannon

Capt Bobby Concannon

fatally wounding Ball

1 Sqn fly over the famous London landmark

here they were checkmated by the grenadier Company

Italian Raiders by Ivan Berryman. (B) BAT21 Capt Bobby ConcannonDHM6195B. Italian Raiders by Ivan Berryman. The Italian Air Force's involvement in the Battle of Britain is one of the less documented facets of the conflict of 1940, but raids by aircraft of the Corpo Aereo Italiano (CAI) on mainland Britain were a reality in the closing stages, usually with little effect and almost always with high losses on the Italian side, due largely to obsolete aircraft and lack of pilot training. Based at Ursel in Belgium,