▁and ▁two ▁other ▁fellow ▁pil ots , ▁he ▁intercept ed ▁four ▁Al lied ▁aircraft . ▁Gor r ini ▁claimed ▁a ▁Haw ker ▁H urr icane ▁I ID , ▁armed ▁with ▁ 4 0 mm ▁V ick ers ▁can n ons . ▁▁ ▁But ▁this ▁was ▁last ▁air ▁battle ▁in ▁Africa . ▁His ▁ir rit ating ▁eye ▁injury ▁was ▁w ors ening ▁and ▁he ▁was ▁ground ed ▁and ▁subsequently , ▁at ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁February , ▁hospital ized ▁in ▁S f ax . ▁He ▁returned ▁to ▁Italy ▁in ▁late ▁March ▁ 1 9 4 3 . ▁ ▁Def ence ▁of ▁Rome ▁When ▁he ▁recovered , ▁was ▁posted ▁as ▁a ▁flying ▁instruct or ▁in ▁ 3 ° ▁Gru ppo ▁C ▁( Com plement are ), ▁based ▁on ▁Ven aria ▁Re ale ▁air field . ▁ ▁Later ▁Gor r ini ▁served ▁as ▁a ▁fer ry ▁pilot ▁to ▁transfer ▁captured ▁French ▁D ew oit ine ▁D . 5 2 0 ▁f igh ters ▁from ▁France ▁to ▁Italy , ▁for ▁Italian ▁home ▁defence . ▁" I ▁have ▁collected ▁several ▁do z ens ▁D ew oit ine ▁from ▁various ▁French ▁air fields ▁and ▁the ▁Toul ouse ▁factory ", ▁he ▁re called ▁later . ▁" At ▁the ▁time , ▁when ▁we ▁were ▁still ▁flying ▁the ▁Mac chi ▁C . 2 0 0 , ▁it ▁was ▁a ▁good , ▁if ▁not ▁very ▁good , ▁machine . ▁Comp ared ▁to ▁the ▁Mac chi ▁ 2 0 0 , ▁it ▁was ▁superior ▁only ▁in ▁one ▁point ▁- ▁its ▁arm ament ▁of ▁the ▁His