My father: an italian pilot in WWII

[MLH13]

Fabio,

Excellent pictures...something from the Italian side you don't see very often.

Mark

[Fabio]

Inside

This is the first page with pilot data and pic

[Brian S]

Incredible. Great you have these memories preserved. Thank you for sharing these.

[Fabio]

Thank you to all guys for your very kind words.
I feel a big commotion because I really loved him and I have lost him in a very cruel way (Alzehimer).
But I am proud of sharin his exemplar life with all the ones who trust in honesty and good faith!

[Nico C]

Thank you to all guys for your very kind words.
I feel a big commotion because I really loved him and I have lost him in a very cruel way (Alzehimer).
But I am proud of sharin his exemplar life with all the ones who trust in honesty and good faith!

Sure you should be proud!
This is one of the best threads that I read so far!

[Fabio]

Membership card

Here we have his Royal National Aero club member card

[Fabio]

Inside

Here the internal part of the same membership card

[Fabio]

the Pin

This is the official enameled pin of the same Aero Club.
Please note the perfection in a pin that is so rich of things and measures not more than 2 centimetres

[Fabio]

pin back

The back side with the very prestigious maker mark, Fratelli Lorioli, Milano.

[Fabio]

In the Airforce

After takin the civil pilot certificate, dad ask for goin in the Airforce: and they say YES.
So he started his military pilot adventure: we are in the end of 1938.
Pilot military school started on January 1939.
The raw pilot tryin to look tough

[Fabio]

An happy pilot

The greenhorn having fun in front of the camera

[Fabio]

Foulard 1

My father and most of all the airmen of the Regia Aeronautica used to have a head-square.
In dad's stuff I found a couple: here's the first

[Fabio]

Foulard 2

And here's the second one

[DANNIE1063]

Hi Fabio,
Great thread . Your father looks really dashing in both his aviation & seamans uniforms.
It's great also that you are so proud of him and shared these pics with us, thanks.
My father was in the merchant navy during WW2, I have a picture of him in his uniform at 16 I shall have to post it too, along with the binoculars he brought home with him, obtained from a German navy POW for 20 cigarettes!!!!.

[Fabio]

Personal military pilot book

Here's the most important document for a military pilot: the personal flying book