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Italian WWII Suicide Squadron

I was reading a copy of Aeroplane magazine published just after WWII which gave brief details of an Italian suicide squadron which had been formed during the war. Does anyone know where I could find more details?
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By: Porter - 3rd July 2016 at 15:05

I read something about, but the period is that of the Abyssinian War, in 1935 when the war between Italy and Great Britain seemed possible, at that point some pilots sent to Mussolini a letter in which they said they were ready to the extreme sacrifice, launching themselves with a plane against the major ships of the Mediterranean Fleet.

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By: Old Git - 3rd July 2016 at 10:04

Thanks – there seemed to have been some specifics as the article mentioned six volunteers. I will have to dig it out again and see exactly what it said.
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By: powerandpassion - 2nd July 2016 at 15:02

I have 1938-39 US magazines that describe this phenomenon as Fascist Italian strategy, so it was in the ether as Mediterranean loquacity before its expression in actuality in Leyte and Okinawa, with a less humorous, practical folk. Always an indicator of hollow logic and cruel leadership. Generally lasts for the span between an older and younger brother, both lost to this dead end idea.

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