kg 26 moved into france within a few days, while kg 30 remained at chièvres until september, taking part in the battle of britain. in addition to the luftwaffe, the corpo aereo italiano stationed fiat br.20m cigogna (43° stormo) and cant z.1007bis bombers (172° squadriglia ricognizione strategica terrestre) at the base on 27 september, also taking part in the battle of britain. the italians received heavy casualties, and by december 1940 they were recalled to italy.