World War II Fighter Planes Spotter's Guide by Tony Holmes

Author:Tony Holmes
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
ISBN: 9781472848505
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2020-06-15T00:00:00+00:00

C.200 386-10 of Sottotenente Luigi ‘Gino’ Del Bufalo, 386a Squadriglia, 157° Gruppo, 53° Stormo, Turin-Caselle, Italy, November 1940

In early September 1940, 157° Gruppo commenced operations from Caselle airfield in Piedmont, where, on the 11th, it joined 53° Stormo. On 22 October the gruppo was re-equipped with the new Macchi C.200. The gruppo motto ‘Sotto a chi tocca!’ (‘Forward the next!’) was devised by the pilot of this aircraft, ‘Gino’ Del Bufalo. The badge, which features a black armour-clad arm swinging a red spiked mace, was adopted in the autumn of 1940 on the initiative of the gruppo CO, Maggiore Guido Nobili.

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