In November 1940, Capitano Luigi Corsini served in the 80^a Squadriglia, which was equipped with Fiat CR.42s and taking part in the attacks on Malta.

At about 12:20 on 2 November, Italian aircraft were reported high to the north of Malta. This was 20 S.79s of the 34^o Stormo under a fairly strong fighter escort. Eleven MC.200s from the 71^a and 72^a Squadriglie led by Maggiore Bruno Brambilla (top cover), and five CR.42s of the 80^a Squadriglia led by Capitano Corsini (close escort) undertook the mission, these squadriglie forming the 17^o Gruppo of the 1^o Stormo C.T. They reported being involved in a big dogfight with five Hurricanes, Maresciallo Leonida Carozzo claiming one shot down while Sergente Abramo Lanzarini of the 72^a Squadriglia was killed when his MC.200 crashed on the island at Zeitun.
261 Squadron had in fact scrambled six Hurricanes of 'B' Flight led by Flying Officer John Waters (Hurricane P3730) and two Gladiators including N5520 in the capable hands of George Burges. It is possible that Sergente Lanzarini was shot down by Pilot Officer Allan McAdam, who claimed a Macchi shot down, while Burges attacked a formation which he identified as compromising eight CR.42s. He thought he had shot one of these down but did not see it crash. He also claimed a second damaged. A second MC.200 was claimed probably destroyed by an unknown pilot from 261 Squadron. It is possible that John Waters claimed a MC.200 in this combat since it's known that he made a claim around this date and this combat is the one that most fits this claim. Thus the second claim should be a 'confirmed'. AA gunners believed they had shot down a bomber.
Bombs fell on Luqa, where an empty hangar received a direct hit, and on Zabbar where four houses were demolished, fortunately without inflicting any casualties.
After the attack a reconnaissance part of from the 2nd Battalion The Devonshire Regiment was dispatched to the crash site of the Italian aircraft at Buleben il-Kbir between Zeitun and Fgura, arriving to find "the whole village...out in the streets". The unit's War Diary also noted that Lanzarini "was quite dead and the Italian equipment was very poor indeed". Lanzarini had baled out of his stricken aircraft only to plummet to his death when the parachute failed to deploy.

In December 1940, Capitano Luigi Corsini served in the 364^a Squadriglia, 150^o Gruppo Autonomo C.T. in the Greek campaign. This unit was at the time equipped with Fiat CR.42s.

On 26 December, six 364^a Squadriglia CR.42s led by Capitano Corsini intercepted eight Blenheim Is from 211 Squadron that were bombing the Himarë-Valona road.
Blenheim L1482 flown by Pilot Officer R. V. Hubert and with the crew of Sergeant J. B. Dunnet and Sergeant Hughes had taken off from Menidi/Tatoi at 10:00 to bomb the Himarë-Valona road and Krioner, Albania. They were hit by enemy fighters, which damaged the hydraulics. They belly-landed at Menidi on return and the Blenhiem was damaged beyond repair.

Corsini ended the war with 1 biplane victory.

Claims:

Kill no.	Date	Time	Number	Type	Result	Plane type	Serial no.	Locality	Unit
	1940
1	21/12/40	10:30-	1	Gladiator	Destroyed	Fiat CR.42		Argyrokastron area	364a Squadriglia
	21/12/40	10:30-	1	Gladiator	Probably destroyed	Fiat CR.42		Argyrokastron area	364a Squadriglia

Biplane victories: 1 destroyed, 1 probably destroyed.
TOTAL: 1 destroyed, 1 probably destroyed.

Sources:
53^o Stormo - Marco Mattioli, 2010 Osprey Publishing, Oxford, ISBN 978-1-84603-977-5
Air war for Yugoslavia, Greece and Crete - Christopher Shores, Brian Cull and Nicola Malizia, 1987 Grub Street, London, ISBN 0-948817-07-0
Fiat CR.42 Aces of World War 2 - Håkan Gustavsson and Ludovico Slongo, 2009 Osprey Publishing, Oxford, ISBN 978-1-84603-427-5
Malta: The Hurricane Years 1940-41 - Christopher Shores and Brian Cull with Nicola Malizia, 1987 Grub Street, London, ISBN 0-89747-207-1
Royal Air Force Bomber Losses in the Middle East and Mediterranean, Volume 1: 1939-1942 - David Gunby and Pelham Temple, 2006 Midland Publishing, ISBN 1-85780-234-9