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Kill no.	Date	Number	Type	Result	Pilot	Plane type	Serial no.	Locality	Unit
	1940
1	03/07/40	1	Hurricane (a)	Destroyed	Ernesto Botto	Fiat CR.42		Hal Far	9o Gruppo
	04/07/40	7	Enemy fighters (b)	Destroyed on the ground	?	Fiat CR.42		Hal Far	9o Gruppo
	04/07/40	1	Enemy bomber (b)	Destroyed on the ground	?	Fiat CR.42		Hal Far	9o Gruppo
2	09/07/40	1	Hurricane (c)	Destroyed	?	Fiat CR.42		Malta area	9o Gruppo
3	12/07/40	1	“Spitfire” (d)	Destroyed	Gino Battaggion	Fiat CR.42		Malta	70a Squadriglia
4	12/07/40	½	enemy fighter (e)	Shared destroyed	Magli	Fiat CR.42		Malta	72a Squadriglia
4	12/07/40	½	enemy fighter (e)	Shared destroyed	Abramo Lanzarini	Fiat CR.42		Malta	72a Squadriglia
5	13/07/40	1	Hurricane (f)	Destroyed	Guido Bobba	Fiat CR.42		Malta	74a Squadriglia
6	13/07/40	1/4	Hurricane (f)	Shared destroyed	Ottorino Fargnoli	Fiat CR.42		Malta	75a Squadriglia
6	13/07/40	1/4	Hurricane (f)	Shared destroyed	Antonio Chiodi	Fiat CR.42		Malta	75a Squadriglia
6	13/07/40	1/4	Hurricane (f)	Shared destroyed	Celso Zemella	Fiat CR.42		Malta	70a Squadriglia
6	13/07/40	1/4	Hurricane (f)	Shared destroyed	Renzo Bocconi	Fiat CR.42		Malta	75a Squadriglia
7	16/07/40	½	Hurricane (g)	Shared destroyed	Mario Pinna	Fiat CR.42		Malta	70a Squadriglia
7	16/07/40	½	Hurricane (g)	Shared destroyed	Oscar Abello	Fiat CR.42		Malta	70a Squadriglia
8	21/07/40	1	Saro London (h)	Destroyed	Pietro Calistri	Fiat CR.42		35 miles north Malta	72a Squadriglia
9	31/07/40	1	Gladiator (i)	Destroyed	Manlio Tarantino	Fiat CR.42		Hal Far	23o Gruppo
10	31/07/40	1	Gladiator (i)	Destroyed	Luigi Filippi	Fiat CR.42		Hal Far	75a Squadriglia
11	15/08/40	1	Hurricane (j)	Destroyed	Sartirana	Fiat CR.42		Hal Far	72a Squadriglia
	20/08/40	1	Hurricane (k)	Probably destroyed	?	Fiat CR.42		Malta	23o Gruppo
12	24/08/40	1	Hurricane (l)	Destroyed	Mario Rigatti	Fiat CR.42	MM4382	Malta	75a Squadriglia
13	24/08/40	1	Hurricane (m)	Destroyed	Luigi Pasquetti	Fiat CR.42		Malta	75a Squadriglia
14	24/08/40	1	Hurricane (m)	Destroyed	Renzo Bocconi	Fiat CR.42		Malta	75a Squadriglia
15	24/08/40	½	Hurricane (m)	Shared destroyed	Ezio Monti	Fiat CR.42		Malta	75a Squadriglia
15	24/08/40	½	Hurricane (m)	Shared destroyed	Leo Mannucci	Fiat CR.42		Malta	75a Squadriglia
16	04/09/40	1	Swordfish (n)	Destroyed	D’Ajello	Italian biplane		off Rhodes	163a Squadriglia
17	04/09/40	1	Swordfish (n)	Destroyed	?	Italian biplane		off Rhodes	163a Squadriglia
18	04/09/40	1	Swordfish (n)	Destroyed	?	Italian biplane		off Rhodes	163a Squadriglia
19	04/09/40	1	Swordfish (n)	Destroyed	?	Italian biplane		off Rhodes	163a Squadriglia
20	07/09/40	1	Hurricane (o)	Destroyed	Tito Falconi	CR.42		Valetta	23o Gruppo
21	07/09/40	1	Hurricane (o)	Destroyed	Oscar Abello	CR.42		Valetta	70a Squadriglia
	01/11/40	1	Sunderland (p)	Shared damaged	Ezio Monti	CR.42		off Malta	75a Squadriglia
	06/11/40	1	Sunderland (q)	Damaged on the ground	?	CR.42		Marsaxlokk Bay	23o Gruppo
22	23/11/40	1	Hurricane (r)	Destroyed	Guido Bobba	CR.42		Fifla	74a Squadriglia
23	23/11/40	1	Hurricane (r)	Destroyed	Claudio Solaro	CR.42		Fifla	70a Squadriglia
24	23/11/40	1	Hurricane (r)	Destroyed	Pardini	CR.42		Fifla	70a Squadriglia
25	23/11/40	1	Hurricane (r)	Shared destroyed	All pilots of the Sq.	CR.42		Fifla	75a Squadriglia
26	24/11/40	½	Wellington	Shared destroyed	Ezio Monti	CR.42		off Malta	75a Squadriglia
26	24/11/40	½	Wellington	Shared destroyed	Germano Gasperoni	CR.42		off Malta	75a Squadriglia
	24/11/40	3	Wellingtons (s)	Sh. Destr. on the ground	Ezio Monti	CR.42		off Malta	75a Squadriglia
	24/11/40	3	Wellingtons (s)	Sh. Destr. on the ground	Tito Falconi	CR.42		off Malta	75a Squadriglia
	24/11/40	3	Wellingtons (s)	Sh. Destr. on the ground	Claudio Solaro	CR.42		off Malta	75a Squadriglia
	24/11/40	3	Wellingtons (s)	Sh. Destr. on the ground	Guido Bobba	CR.42		off Malta	75a Squadriglia
	24/11/40	3	Wellingtons (s)	Sh. Destr. on the ground	Ottorino Fargnoli	CR.42		off Malta	75a Squadriglia
	24/11/40	3	Wellingtons (s)	Sh. Destr. on the ground	Domenico Tessera	CR.42		off Malta	75a Squadriglia
27	26/11/40	1	Hurricane (t)	Destroyed	Guido Bobba	CR.42		S Malta	74a Squadriglia
28	27/11/40	1	’Blackburn’	Destroyed	Giannini	CR.42		Cape Spartivento area	154a Squadriglia
29	27/11/40	1	Fulmar (u)	Destroyed	Ciapetti	CR.42		200km SW Cagliari	154a Squadriglia
30	27/11/40	1	Fulmar (u)	Shared destroyed	Ciapetti	CR.42		200km SW Cagliari	154a Squadriglia
30	27/11/40	1	Fulmar (u)	Shared destroyed	Giorgio Tugnoli	CR.42		200km SW Cagliari	153a Squadriglia
30	27/11/40	1	Fulmar (u)	Shared destroyed	Alfonso Mattei	CR.42		200km SW Cagliari	153a Squadriglia
30	27/11/40	1	Fulmar (u)	Shared destroyed	Visconti	CR.42		200km SW Cagliari	153a Squadriglia
30	27/11/40	1	Fulmar (u)	Shared destroyed	Lucato	CR.42		200km SW Cagliari	154a Squadriglia
31	27/11/40	1	Fulmar (u)	Shared destroyed	Ciapetti	CR.42		200km SW Cagliari	154a Squadriglia
31	27/11/40	1	Fulmar (u)	Shared destroyed	Giorgio Tugnoli	CR.42		200km SW Cagliari	153a Squadriglia
31	27/11/40	1	Fulmar (u)	Shared destroyed	Alfonso Mattei	CR.42		200km SW Cagliari	153a Squadriglia
31	27/11/40	1	Fulmar (u)	Shared destroyed	Visconti	CR.42		200km SW Cagliari	153a Squadriglia
31	27/11/40	1	Fulmar (u)	Shared destroyed	Lucato	CR.42		200km SW Cagliari	154a Squadriglia
32	27/11/40	1	Fulmar (u)	Shared destroyed	Ciapetti	CR.42		200km SW Cagliari	154a Squadriglia
32	27/11/40	1	Fulmar (u)	Shared destroyed	Giorgio Tugnoli	CR.42		200km SW Cagliari	153a Squadriglia
32	27/11/40	1	Fulmar (u)	Shared destroyed	Alfonso Mattei	CR.42		200km SW Cagliari	153a Squadriglia
32	27/11/40	1	Fulmar (u)	Shared destroyed	Visconti	CR.42		200km SW Cagliari	153a Squadriglia
32	27/11/40	1	Fulmar (u)	Shared destroyed	Lucato	CR.42		200km SW Cagliari	154a Squadriglia
33	27/11/40	1	Fulmar (u)	Shared destroyed	Ciapetti	CR.42		200km SW Cagliari	154a Squadriglia
33	27/11/40	1	Fulmar (u)	Shared destroyed	Giorgio Tugnoli	CR.42		200km SW Cagliari	153a Squadriglia
33	27/11/40	1	Fulmar (u)	Shared destroyed	Alfonso Mattei	CR.42		200km SW Cagliari	153a Squadriglia
33	27/11/40	1	Fulmar (u)	Shared destroyed	Visconti	CR.42		200km SW Cagliari	153a Squadriglia
33	27/11/40	1	Fulmar (u)	Shared destroyed	Lucato	CR.42		200km SW Cagliari	154a Squadriglia
	28/11/40	1	Fulmar (v)	Damaged	?	CR.42		off Malta	23o Gruppo
34	28/11/40	1	Hurricane (w)	Shared destroyed	Six pilots of the Sq.	CR.42		Malta	70a Squadriglia
35	28/11/40	1	Hurricane (w)	Destroyed	Raffaele Marzocca	CR.42		Malta	74a Squadriglia
	28/11/40	1	Hurricane (w)	Probable	Guido Bobba	CR.42		Malta	74a Squadriglia
	28/11/40	1	Hurricane (w)	Probable	Lorenzo Lorenzoni	CR.42		Malta	74a Squadriglia
36	28/11/40	1	Hurricane (x)	Destroyed	Raffaele Marzocca	CR.42		Malta	74a Squadriglia
	28/11/40	1	Hurricane (x)	Shared probable	All the pilots of the unit	CR.42		Malta	23o Gruppo
	28/11/40	1	Hurricane (x)	Shared probable	All the pilots of the unit	CR.42		Malta	23o Gruppo
	07/12/40	1	Wellington (y)	Damaged	?	CR.42		Tripoli area
	07/12/40	1	Wellington (z)	Damaged	?	CR.42		Tripoli area
	1941
37	26/02/41	1	Hurricane (aa)	Shared destroyed	All the pilots of the unit	CR.42		Luqa	156o Gruppo
38	26/02/41	1	Hurricane (aa)	Shared destroyed	All the pilots of the unit	CR.42		Luqa	156o Gruppo
	26/02/41	1	Hurricane (aa)	Shared probable	All the pilots of the unit	CR.42		Luqa	156o Gruppo
	26/02/41	1	Hurricane (aa)	Shared probable	All the pilots of the unit	CR.42		Luqa	156o Gruppo
	11/04/41	1	Enemy bomber (bb)	Sh. Destr. on the ground	Six pilots of the unit	CR.42		Malta	23o Gruppo
	11/04/41	“several”	Enemy bombers (bb)	Sh. Dam. on the ground	Six pilots of the unit	CR.42		Malta	23o Gruppo
39	20/04/41	1	Hurricane (cc)	Shared destroyed	Nine pilots of the unit	CR.42		Valetta	23o Gruppo
40	08/05/41	1	Fulmar (dd)	Destroyed	Giorgio Tugnoli	CR.42		off Sardinia	153o Squadriglia
41	08/05/41	1	Fulmar (dd)	Destroyed	?	CR.42		off Sardinia	3o Gruppo
42	08/05/41	1	Fulmar (dd)	Destroyed	?	CR.42		off Sardinia	3o Gruppo
43	08/05/41	1	Fulmar (dd)	Destroyed	?	CR.42		off Sardinia	3o Gruppo
44	08/05/41	1	Fulmar (dd)	Destroyed	?	CR.42		off Sardinia	3o Gruppo
45	02/06/41	½	Blenheim (ee)	Shared destroyed	Marco Marinone	CR.42		NW Lampedusa	70a Squadriglia
45	02/06/41	½	Blenheim (ee)	Shared destroyed	Antonio Bizio	CR.42		NW Lampedusa	70a Squadriglia
46	12/06/41	1	Hurricane (ff)	Destroyed	Germano Gasperoni	CR.42		off Grand Harbour	23o Gruppo
47	23/07/41	1	Blenheim (gg)	Destroyed	?	CR.42		Trapani	23o Gruppo
48	23/07/41	½	Beaufighter (hh)	Shared destroyed	Giorgio Solaroli	CR.42		near Califfe islands	23o Gruppo
48	23/07/41	½	Beaufighter (hh)	Shared destroyed	Carlo Brigante Colonna	CR.42		near Califfe islands	23o Gruppo
49	30/08/41	1	Wellington (ii)	Destroyed	Francesco Cuscuna	CR.42		off Lampedusa	23o Gruppo
50	30/08/41	1	Wellington (ii)	Destroyed	Wisdor Pederzoli	CR.42		off Lampedusa	23o Gruppo
	30/08/41	½	Wellington (ii)	Shared probable	Francesco Cuscuna	CR.42		off Lampedusa	23o Gruppo
	30/08/41	½	Wellington (ii)	Shared probable	Wisdor Pederzoli	CR.42		off Lampedusa	23o Gruppo
51	12/09/41	1/6	Blenheim (jj)	Shared destroyed	Six pilots of the Gruppo	CR.42		Pantelleria-Lampedusa	23o Gruppo
52	12/09/41	1/6	Blenheim (jj)	Shared destroyed	Six pilots of the Gruppo	CR.42		Pantelleria-Lampedusa	23o Gruppo
53	12/09/41	1/6	Blenheim (jj)	Shared destroyed	Six pilots of the Gruppo	CR.42		Pantelleria-Lampedusa	23o Gruppo
	27/09/41	1	Swordfish (kk)	Shared damaged	7 pilots of the Gruppo	CR.42		off Sardinia	24o Gruppo
54	28/09/41	1	Blenheim (ll)	Destroyed	Bruno Mondini	CR.42		Elmas	386a Squadriglia
55	04/10/41	1	Blenheim (mm)	Destroyed	?	CR.42		50 miles off Zuara
	04/10/41	1	Blenheim (mm)	Damaged	?	CR.42		50 miles off Zuara
	04/10/41	1	Blenheim (mm)	Damaged	?	CR.42		50 miles off Zuara
56	15/11/41	1	Wellington (nn)	Destroyed	Gino Martini	CR.42		SW Pantelleria	23o Gruppo
	15/11/41	1	Wellington (oo)	Probable	Giuseppe Saracino	CR.42		SW Pantelleria	23o Gruppo
	15/11/41	1/3	Blenheim (pp)	Shared damaged	Germano Gasperoni	CR.42		off Pantelleria	23o Gruppo
	15/11/41	1/3	Blenheim (pp)	Shared damaged	Luigi Sacchi	CR.42		off Pantelleria	23o Gruppo
	15/11/41	1/3	Blenheim (pp)	Shared damaged	Francesco Cuscuna	CR.42		off Pantelleria	23o Gruppo
57	05/12/41	1	Wellington (qq)	Destroyed	Vincenzo Patriarca	CR.42		Naples area	356a Squadriglia
58	11/12/41	½	Blenheim (rr)	Shared destroyed	Germano Gasperoni	CR.42		Mediterranean area	23o Gruppo
58	11/12/41	½	Blenheim (rr)	Shared destroyed	Leonzio Bicego	CR.42		Mediterranean area	23o Gruppo
59	11/12/41	1	Wellington (ss)	Destroyed	Luigi Sacchi	CR.42		off Pantelleria	23o Gruppo
60	11/12/41	½	Wellington (ss)	Shared destroyed	Diego Fiorentini	CR.42		off Pantelleria	23o Gruppo
60	11/12/41	½	Wellington (ss)	Shared destroyed	Giuseppe Saracino	CR.42		off Pantelleria	23o Gruppo
	1942
	27/01/42	1	Blenheim (tt)	Damaged	Antonio Crabbia	CR.42		20 miles off Zaezis	160o Gruppo
	27/01/42	1	Blenheim (tt)	Damaged	Antonio Crabbia	CR.42		20 miles off Zaezis	160o Gruppo
61	14/06/42	1	Hurricane (uu)	Destroyed	Giorgio Moretti	Fiat CR.42		off Sardinia	354a Squadriglia
62	14/06/42	½	Hurricane (uu)	Shared destroyed	Italo Marchi	Fiat CR.42		off Sardinia	355a Squadriglia
62	14/06/42	½	Hurricane (uu)	Shared destroyed	Renato Casalini	Fiat CR.42		off Sardinia	355a Squadriglia
	14/06/42	½	Hurricane (uu)	Shared probable	Italo Marchi	Fiat CR.42		off Sardinia	355a Squadriglia
	14/06/42	½	Hurricane (uu)	Shared probable	Renato Casalini	Fiat CR.42		off Sardinia	355a Squadriglia
	14/06/42	1	Hurricane (uu)	Probable	Ferruccio Corti	Fiat CR.42		off Sardinia	354a Squadriglia
	14/06/42	1	Hurricane (uu)	Probable	Angelo Rizzardo	Fiat CR.42		off Sardinia	354a Squadriglia
	14/06/42	1	Catalina (vv)	Damaged	Renato Casalini	Fiat CR.42		off Sardinia	355a Squadriglia

(a) Hurricane (P2614) of Hal Far Fighter Flight shot down while attempting to land. Pilot Flying Officer John Waters survived unhurt.
(b) Actual damage was two damaged Swordfishes from 830 Squadron. Both were repairable.
(c) Only one Hurricane of Hal Far Fighter Flight slightly damaged.
(d) No Spitfires operated over Malta at this time. No RAF losses are recorded.
(e) No RAF losses are recorded.
(f) Two Hurricanes claimed destroyed by Regia Aeronautica. Only one Hurricane (P2653), flown by Pilot Officer Dick Sugden of the Hal Far Fighter Flight, was damaged during the engagement.
(g) Hurricane P2623 shot down. Pilot Flight Lieutenant Peter Keeble of Hal Far Fighter Flight killed.
(h) No Saro London was destroyed or damaged during this combat. The aircraft was most probably a Swordfish floatplane (K8369 flown by Flight Lieutenant Leslie Gregory) that went missing this day. The Italians captured the pilot but the rest of the crew of Corporal V. A. Kemp and AC1 F. C. Williams were unfortunately lost.
(i) Regia Aeronautica claimed two Gladiators in this combat. RAF only lost Gladiator (N5519) of Hal Far Fighter Flight flown by Flying Officer Peter Hartley (who baled out with severe burns) and claimed by Sergente Manlio Tarantino’s.
(j) Hurricane (N2716) of 261 Squadron shoot down into the sea, the pilot – Sergeant Roy O’Donnell – being lost; his body was not recovered.
(k) No RAF losses are recorded.
(l) Probably Hurricane N2730 flown by Flight Lieutenant George Burges of 261 Squadron who managed to escape. Undercarriage collapsed on landing (combat damage?). 75^a Squadriglia claimed four aircraft in this combat but 261 Squadron only got one damaged.
(m) 75^a Squadriglia claimed four aircraft in this combat but 261 Squadron only got one damaged.
(n) Four Swordfish (E4C, E4H, E4K and E4M (K8403)) from HMS Eagle’s’ 813 and 824 Squadrons shot down. Four of the crews were killed and the rest (eight) were taken prisoners.
(o) Regia Aeronautica claimed two Hurricanes in this combat but both British aircraft of 261 Squadron escaped with only minor damage.
(p) Sunderland L5806 ‘Q’ of 228 Squadron, flown by Flight Lieutenant E. M. Ware damaged.
(q) Sunderland of 228 Squadron damaged.
(r) Only one Hurricane, of 261 Squadron flown by Flight Lieutenant H. F. R. Bradbury, was damaged during this combat.
(s) One Wellington of 148 Squadron destroyed.
(t) Hurricane N2701 of 261 Squadron flown by Sergeant Dennis Ashton shot down, pilot killed.
(u) Fulmar N1941 of 808 Squadron flown by Sub Lieutenant R. M. S. Martin shot down into the sea, pilot and his TAG, Leading Aircraftsman A. L. M. Noble killed.
(v) Fulmar (N1935) of 806 Squadron, flown by Sub Lieutenant W. H. Clisby, damaged. TAG Leading Aircraftman H. Phillips being wounded in the leg, hand and face by an explosive bullet, although not seriously hurt.
(w) Claimed in combat with Fulmars from 806 Squadron, which claimed 1 CR.42 and two more damaged while suffering one damaged Fulmar. The Regia Aeronautica claimed two destroyed and two probables without losses.
(x) It seems that no British fighters were actually lost or damaged on this occasion.
(y) Wellington of 148 Squadron, flown by Squadron Leader P. S. Foss damaged. Rear air gunner Sergeant A. Hollingsworth wounded.
(z) Wellington T2838 of 148 Squadron, flown by Flying Officer P. W. de B. Forsyth damaged and force-landed on return to Luqa.
(aa) Axis fighters claimed six destroyed and two probable Hurricanes in this combat. Actual RAF losses were four or five Hurricanes and three pilots lost.
(bb) Not confirmed with British sources.
(cc) Not confirmed with British sources.
(dd) Regia Aeronautica made claims for five destroyed; FAA lost squadron commander Lieutenant Commander Tillard DSC and his observer Lieutenant Somerville DSC of 808 Squadron which both were killed. Three additional Fulmars were damaged, the aircraft of both Lieutenant G. C. McE. Guthrie and Pilot Officer (A) R. E. Dubber sustaining damage to their tail units, while in Lieutenant Taylour’s aircraft the TAG, Pilot Officer (A) L. G. J. Howard was severely wounded in the leg.
(ee) RAF lost one Blenheim of five operating out off Malta.
(ff) Hurricane of 46 Squadron. Pilot Sergeant Norman McDonald Walker killed.
(gg) Blenheim of 110 Squadron flown by Sergeant N. A. C. Cathles. The pilot and the crew were killed.
(hh) Beaufighter of 272 Squadron.Sergeant W. M. Deakin and Sergeant C. F. Jenkins missing.
(ii) One Wellington was lost during the day when Wellington W5559 of the Overseas Delivery unit, flying from Gibraltar to Malta was shot down eight miles south of Lampedusa.
(jj) Claimed together by three CR.42s and three MC200s. Three Blenheims of 105 Squadron were lost (Z7357, Z7423 and Z7504). One of the crews luckily being picked up by a submarine, but on the return to Luqa the crews of Squadron Leader F. R. Charney, Sergeant F. B. Brandwood and Sergeant Q. E. Mortimer were posted missing. Squadron Leader Smithers’ aircraft had also been badly hit but he managed to nurse it back to the island.
(kk) Swordfish 2H from HMS Ark Royal badly damaged. Crew uninjured.
(ll) Probably Beaufighters from 272 Squadron, which didn’t suffer any losses.
(mm) Blenheims of 107 Squadron. Sergeant Hamly’s Blenheim shot down in the water near Tripoli but he and the crew were rescued a few days later.
(nn) Wellington Z8989 of OADU shot down in flames. The crew survived and was picked by a RAF floatplane from Kalafrana.
(oo) Only Wellington Z8989 of OADU shot down in flames. This aircraft was however shot down by Gino Martini.
(pp) Blenheim of OADU damaged and crash-landed on arrival at Luqa.
(qq) Wellington R1066 of 40 Squadron shot down. The pilot Pilot Officer D. F. Hutt and one other of the crew parachuted safely but four other were killed.
(rr) Blenheim of 18 Squadron flown by Flight Lieutenant E. G. Edmunds shot down.
(ss) Wellingtons R1246 and R1250 lost during transit from Gibraltar to the Middle East.
(tt) Blenheims Z7288/S (Pilot Officer Booth) and Z7341/X (Sergeant G. R. Cameron) of 21 Squadron damaged.
(uu) In this combat the Italian fighter totally claimed three Hurricanes destroyed and three probables and one Defiant (probably a Fulmar) while the bombers claimed 14 Hurricanes shot down and six probables! It seems that two Fulmars from 807 Squadron was lost and one Sea Hurricane from 801 Squadron was lost and one was damaged.
(vv) Catalina (Z2146/B) from 240 Squadron flown by Flying Officer K. J. Riddy damaged and W/T operator slightly wounded.

Sources:
3^o Stormo, storia fotografica - Dai biplani agli aviogetti - C. Lucchini and E. Leproni, 1990 Gino Rossato Editore kindly provided by Jean Michel Cala with translations kindly provided by Birgitta Hallberg-Lombardi
Aces High - Christopher Shores and Clive Williams, 1994 Grub Street, London, ISBN 1-898697-00-0
Aces High Volume 2 - Christopher Shores, 1999, Grub Street, London, ISBN 1-902304-03-9
Adriano Visconti Asso di Guerra - Giuseppe Pesce and Giovanni Massimello, 1997 kindly provided by Jean Michel Cala.
Aerei Modellismo no. 2 1997 kindly provided by Jean Michel Cala
Battle over Malta - Anthony Rogers, 2000 Sutton Publishing Limited, Gloucestershire, ISBN 0-7509-2392-X
Courage Alone - Chris Dunning, 1998 Hikoki Publications, Aldershot, ISBN 1-902109-02-3
Fleet Air Arm Aircraft, 1939-1945 - Ray Sturtivant, kindly provided by Mark E. Horan
Galleria degli Assi, 1998 Aerofan nr. 64 gen-marzo 1998, kindly provided by Jean Michel Cala.
Gladiators at Malta (Malta Flypast - Issue 2) - Alfred Coldman, 1998
Hurricanes over Malta - Brian Cull and Frederick Galea, 2001 Grub Street, London, ISBN 1-902304-91-8
La caccia notturna Italiana 1940-1942 - Giancarlo Garello, 1996 Aerofan nr. 57 apr-giu 1996 kindly provided by Jean Michel Cala
Light Blue 'Stringbags' - The Fairey Swordfish in RAF service - 1998 Air Enthusiast no. 78 nov/dec 1998 kindly provided by Jean Michel Cala
Malta: The Hurricane Years 1940-41 - Christopher Shores and Brian Cull with Nicola Malizia, 1987 Grub Street, London, ISBN 0-89747-207-1
Malta: The Spitfire Year 1942 - Christopher Shores and Brian Cull with Nicola Malizia, 1991 Grub Street, London, ISBN 0-948817-16-X
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The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The Gloster Gladiator - Francis K. Mason, 1964
Additional information kindly provided by Liana Balsamo, Bruce Buchanan and Ludovico Slongo.

Gloster Gladiators and Fiat CR.42s over Malta 1940-41