The prob with the story of Italian fighter during BoB is more related to the casual racism that was common at the time against Italians.
Their pilots were simply not taken seriously, so their success were neglected and their failure over amplified.
Some of the major RAF aces fall in front of Cr42 guns but were hard to admit this in the news. Many claimed that Germans were flying biplans not to admit that they were shot down by Italians.
It's a funny story with the time but man have to remind that racism was fairly commune at those time. Just keep in mind the tale of the red tails
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