Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A ranar 11 ga Nuwamba, 1940, kwana ɗaya kafin a kai wa rundunar sojan ruwa na "Regia Marina" (sojan ruwan Italiya) hari a Taranto
da jirgin sama na Royal Navy kuma a sakamakon haka ya rasa rabin manyan jiragen ruwa, CAI ya ga babban yakin farko da RAF. An kori 'yan bindigogi goma da CR.42s arba'in da biyu, G.50s, da kuma wasu Jamus Messerschmitt Bf 109s da aka ba su. An dakatar da aikin G.50 saboda mummunan yanayi wanda ya haifar da yawan amfani da man fetur kuma dole ne Fiat monoplanes ya tafi, yana barin CR.42 kawai a matsayin mai rakiyar. Koyaya, Hurricanes daga raka'a da yawa, na Squadrons 257, 46, da 42 sun tsayar da jirgin sama kuma sun lalata 'yan bama-bamai uku da mayaƙa biyu, yayin da aka rasa wani saboda matsalar inji ko kuskuren kewayawa, an kama matukin jirgin (Salvatori). Bugu da kari, 'yan bama-bamai hudu daga karshe sun tilasta sauka, an hallaka mayakan biyu a saukowa, kuma wasu mayakan takwas sun sauka tare da lalacewa, tare da sama da matukan jirgin sama 20 da suka bace, suka mutu ko suka jikkata. 'Yan Birtaniya biyu sun ji rauni kadan. Daya daga cikin Fiats (MM.5701) ya gyara ta Birtaniya kuma daga bisani Eric Brown ya kimanta shi; wannan yana daya daga cikin mafi kyawun CR.42s, kuma yana mallakar gidan kayan gargajiya na Birtaniya (Hendon).