Italian Raiders by Ivan Berryman. (GS) AIT358 Jacobs was a high scoring

Jacobs was a high scoring Ace of World War One - his official 48 victories putting him in the top 5 Axis pilots

Byron Duckenfield later took command of No

with the increased Italian activity in the air in preparation for and during the 11th Battle of the Isonzo

Tribute to Mirek Wojciechowski by Ivan Berryman

Italian Raiders by Ivan Berryman. (GS) AIT358 Jacobs was a high scoringDHM6195GS. 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,