Fritz X
When the Italian Armistice with the Allies was announced on 9 September 1943, the Italian Fleet was instructed to sail to Malta to surrender. III/KG 100, based at Marseilles launched an attack from its base at comprising 11 Do 217s armed with Fritz-X guided bombs against Italian warships near Corsica, sinking the battleship "Roma" and damaging the battleship "Italia". The Dorniers were then deployed against the Allied landings at Salerno, damaging the cruisers USS "Savannah" and HMS "Uganda" and the battleship HMS "Warspite" with Fritz X bombs.