1:72 scale premium diecast airplanet by Hobby Master 1:72 Air Power Series HA1710. Bell P-39Q Airacobra
Italian Co-Belligerent AF 4 Stormo, "J.Baracca", Italy, 1945.
Length 5 inches
Wingspan 6 inches
The Italian Co-Belligerent Air Force was formed in October 1943 after the Italian armistice a month earlier. The Italian pilots now flew for the Allies and in June and July 1944 received 75 former USAAF 332nd Fighter Group P-39Qs. These aircraft equipped the Gruppi 9° and 10° of 4° Stormo and the name J. Baracca was to honor an Italian Ace
from WWI. The black prancing horse was used because it was Baracca’s aircraft emblem. This horse emblem would go on to become the famous Ferrari emblem.