Italian Co-Belligerent Air Force

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The Italian Co-Belligerent Air Force (Aeronautica Cobelligerante del Sud) was an air force formed in Southern Italy in October 1943, after the Italian Armistice, whose pilots flew with the Allies.

Part of the Italian Royal Air Force - the Regia Aeronautica - remained under German control. This was known as the Aeronautica Nazionale Repubblicana (ANR), ostensibly part of the forces of the Italian Social Republic.

By the end of 1943, 281 Italian warplanes had landed at Allied airfields, but most were no longer useful for combat. Their crews were re-equipped with Allied planes, and engaged in transport, escort, reconnaissance, sea rescue and limited tactical ground support operations flying 11,000 missions during 1943-1945.

The ICBAF never operated over Italian territory, its objectives being always on the Balkans (Yugoslavia, Albania). This was to avoid any possible encounter between Italian-manned aircraft fighting on opposite sides. During the entire history of ICBAF, no such encounter, let alone combat, was ever reported.

The ICBAF formed the basis of the post-war Aeronautica Militare Italiana.

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[edit] Units of Italian Co-belligerent Air Force

  • 28°Gruppo,Stormo Baltimore,Southern Italy
  • 2°Gruppo,3°Stormo Trasporto,Aeronautica Cobelligerante del Sud,Lecce-Galatina,Southern Italy,November 1944

[edit] Members of Italian Cobeligerante Air Force

  • Carlo Emanuele Buscaglia
  • Alberto Veronese
  • Teresio Martinoli

[edit] Aircraft of Italian Co-belligerent Air Force

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