Balbo

For the Italian Fascist leader, see Italo Balbo; for the village in Azerbaijan, see Balbau.

Balbo was a common term in the late 1930s and early 1940s to describe any large formation of aircraft.^{[citation needed]} It was named after the Italian fascist flying ace Italo Balbo who led a series of large aircraft formations in record-breaking flights to promote Italian aviation in the 1930s.

During the Battle of Britain the term was used for the Big Wings that were based at RAF Duxford.^{[citation needed]}