 This unit—commanded by Capitano Germano La Ferla—was the first to be equipped with the Re.2005.Minguzzi scrambled for the first time in the "Sagittario" on 24 March, when Naples was attacked and on 2 April he claimed a four-engined B-24 Liberator bomber over the Isle of Ischia.This claim is not verified against corresponding USAAF losses.