This throws another issue into the mix. If the LW has ample aircraft and is short of pilots, and the RAI has pilots but is short of aircraft compared to their number, what the HELL is the RAI doing in September 1942 still flying CR-42 in defence of Naples??

Even refurbished second hand Me-109 are better, and by everything we have seen in FFO, there is no shortage of German aircraft.

There is a powerful argument here for a flow of German aircraft to the RAI stronger than in OTL.

Cheers: Mark