After the Italian disasters during and the arrival of General and his , the Regia Aeronautica fought side by side with the German Luftwaffe in the.
As it has been correctly stated earlier, Ethiopia fell an easy victim to external aggression because she lacked air power.
The Royal Navy had its own air arm, operating locally built flying boats.
After the war, there was a widespread rumour in France, especially between Paris and Bordeaux, of Italian aircraft strafing civilian columns, with many people claiming to have seen the tricolour roundels painted on them.