Flavio Baracchini
Flavio Torello Baracchini (born July 28, 1895 in Villafranca in Lunigiana , † August 18, 1928 in Rome ) was the fourth most successful Italian fighter pilot of the First World War . The Italian military confirmed him 21 personal kills. In fact, he is said to have won 31 aerial victories, three fewer than the most successful Italian fighter pilot, Francesco Baracca .
Life
After completing a technical college in La Spezia , Baracchini volunteered at the age of 19 for the army , which initially deployed him in a telegraph regiment in Mantua . Baracchini applied for his transfer to the air force, where he was trained as a pilot . He first flew observation planes and bombers , then from 1917 fighter planes . From May 15 to June 22, 1917 he was involved in 35 air battles and shot down nine Austrian aircraft. Since no other Italian pilot had shot down so many enemy aircraft in such a short time, Baracchini received several high Italian and French awards.
On June 26, 1918, Baracchini was seriously wounded by Austrian rifle fire when he attacked enemy positions on the Piave . He was unable to work for a long time.
After the war, Baracchini started a company that made explosives and bombs . At the end of July 1928 he was seriously injured in an explosion in his factories and died a few weeks later.
literature
- John Guttman: SPAD VII Aces of World War I. Osprey Publishing, Oxford 2001, ISBN 1-84176-222-9 .
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Baracchini, Flavio |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Baracchini, Flavio Torello |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian fighter pilot of the First World War |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 28, 1895 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Villafranca Lunigiana |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 18, 1928 |
| Place of death | Rome |