My father: an italian pilot in WWII

[Fabio]

same book

The inside part with data
One day I will scan and share with you every single page with all the operational flights from 1939 to september 1943

[Fabio]

Sardinia airport

The time to become officer pilot took almost 3 years.
Dad trained in Pescara airport first and then, choosen for hunting, trained more in Castiglione del Lago where there was a special training school for fighters
Here's dad with another training pilot: the A on the tunic means Allievo (Apprentice)
I bet no one of you has ever seen this kind of special tunic, isn'it?

[Fabio]

Count down

Spring 1940
Sardinia
Airport of Monserrato
My father is still training but war is startin for Italy too, so now he is in the 154th flight of the Third Group Fighters of the Sixth Squadron, aka the Red Devils (Diavoli Rossi).

This pic gives you an idea of the place ...

[Fabio]

ID card

This was my father identification card for the Group

[Indy]

great stuffs from your father Anything else? Please keep posting.... and thanks for sharing those treasure and old memory.

best regards
Indy

[Marc Garlasco]

Fabio,
I LOVE IT! My family left Italy before the war. But I will visit Italy in two weeks and have some fun. Fantastic the way you still have your father's things!
Ciao,
Marc

[Suber]

Fabio, great pictures!! I am most curious as to the Model of the airplane that is in the base pictures. I cannot recall the type of plane. It looks very similar to a Brewster Buffalo!

[A H]

Hey Fabio, what type of aircraft did ur dad see combat in?. Fighters or bombers?

[Chet Sowersby]

Fabio,
The cammo on the fighter in post #33 is killer I like the rest of the forum can't wait for more. I know of no one else on the forum that can show the Italian side of the war as yourslelf.

Chet

[ADOLPH]

Thanks Fabio for sharing your collection of memories with all of us. Your father would be proud of you.
Maybe I shoud do something like that about my grandfather. One day.

Regards,
Adolph.

[John Cooper]

Thanks for posting these suoper family photos and items - I love that PIN!!!

Do you happen to have any of his flight gear or uniforms..?

Cheers

John

[Jonathan M]

thanks for sharing some of your family's personal history

jonathan

[militaria.no]

Hello Fabio!

What a treasure!!! Thank you for showing us an exciting family history with all those nice pictures

[Fabio]

Caserta Flying Caserta

Here we are
Before going to see what happen in Sardinia at the beginning of the war, let's make a step behind and let's take a look to the Royal Military Flying Academy in Caserta, near Napoli, where Gualberto stayed for the first months of his training.
Military studies and military discipline first of all!

[Fabio]

Caserta

Aircraftmen and training officers in rank