0 s ▁ ▁to ▁L ec ce ▁and ▁then ▁to ▁the ▁new ▁base ▁of ▁Ara x os , ▁in ▁Greece . ▁During ▁winter ▁ 1 9 4 1 - 4 2 ▁he ▁esc orted ▁con vo ys ▁between ▁Italy ▁and ▁Greece . ▁On ▁ 1 7 ▁December , ▁in ▁the ▁air ▁space ▁around ▁Arg ost oli ▁port , ▁in ▁K ef al onia ▁island , ▁intercept ed ▁two ▁Br istol ▁B len heim s , ▁painted ▁in ▁black . ▁He ▁attacked ▁the ▁leading ▁aircraft ▁hitting ▁it ▁repeatedly ▁and ▁then ▁st raf ed ▁the ▁second . ▁The ▁two ▁aircraft ▁disappeared ▁in ▁the ▁clouds ▁and ▁Gor r ini ▁was ▁cred ited ▁with ▁a ▁" prob able " ▁and ▁a ▁" dam aged ". ▁Gor r ini ▁had ▁no ▁other ▁chance ▁to ▁cl ash ▁with ▁the ▁enemy ▁and ▁he ▁fle w ▁back ▁to ▁Italy ▁with ▁his ▁Gru ppo , ▁on ▁ 2 5 ▁April ▁ 1 9 4 2 . ▁ ▁Back ▁in ▁Italy , ▁Gor r ini ▁and ▁his ▁fellow ▁pil ots ▁were ▁trained ▁to ▁fly ▁the ▁C . 2 0 0 ▁as ▁a ▁f ighter - b om ber ▁until ▁mid - J uly . ▁On ▁ 2 3 ▁July , ▁the ▁ 1 8 ° ▁ ▁joined ▁the ▁ 2 3 ° ▁Gru ppo ▁on ▁Ab u ▁H agg ag ▁base , ▁in ▁North - A frica . ▁There , ▁Gor r ini ▁fle w ▁protection ▁sort ies ▁for ▁A xis ▁ships ▁and ▁ground - att ack ▁miss ions . ▁When ▁in ▁October