Italy Ground Victories World War II Jan J. Šafařík http://aces.safarikovi.org/ http://aces.safarikovi.eu/ 2006-2008 Jan Josef Šafařík Wed Nov 12 06:53:28 CET 2008
Regia Aeronautica
Name on ground: Victories Confirmed Damaged Units Visintini, Mario 32 [0+32] XVI Gr, 91 a, 413 a, 412 a Solaro, Claudio 20 XVI Gr, c 70 a Baron, Luigi 11 [0+11] 412 a Canella, Carlo 11 [0+11] 412 a Soffritti, Aroldo 11 412 a Minguzzi, Vittorio 10 359 a, c 22 Gr Reiner, Giulio 6 [3+3] c 73 a Lucchini, Franco 5 [0+5] 3 [0+3] 19 a, 90 a, c 84 a, c 10 Gr Ricci, Corrado 4 410 a Vaccari, Riccardo 4 97 a, Sezione Speciale Bobba, Guido 3 74 a Camerini, Antonio 3 [0+3] 368 a Falconi, Tito 3 [0+3] 23 Gr Monti, Ezio 3 [0+3] 75 a Cenni, Guiseppe 2 1 a, 5 a, 239 a, 102 Gr, 4 St Meoli, Aldo 0 5 [0+5] Viglione Borghese, Ezio 0 2 [0+2] X Gr, 96 a Damiani, Rinaldo 0 1 97 a on sea: Carestiato, Guido 2 Squadriglia Mussolini Bonfatti, Piero 1 [0+1] c 73 a Oblach Garolla, Giuseppe 1 [0+1] 73 a Tarantola, Ennio 1 XVI Gr, 239 a, 151 a, Montefusco-Bonet Sq ANR Valle, Antonio 1 [0+1] 73 a
Comments: xyz a : xyz a Squadriglia - Squadron xy Gp : xy Gruppo - Group xy St : xy Stormo - c : Commanding Officer
Capitano Mario Visintini Medaglia d'oro al Valor Militare Capitano Claudio Solaro Sergente Maggiore Luigi Baron Tenente Carlo Canella Maresciallo Aroldo Soffritti Generale S.A. Vittorio Minguzzi Capitano Giulio Reiner Capitano Franco Lucchini Medaglia d'oro al Valor Militare Generale Corrado Ricci
Tenente Riccardo Vaccari Capitano Guido Bobba Sergente Antonio Camerini Tenente Colonello Tito Falconi Tenente Ezio Monti Maggiore Giuseppe Cenni Medaglia d Oro al Valor Militare Maresciallo Guido Carestiato Tenente Pietro Bonfatti Tenente Giuseppe Oblach Garolla Medaglia d Oro al Valor Militare
Maresciallo Ennio Tarantola Sergente Antonio Valle
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