Need information on the following Italian pilots:
I would like to know information on the following Italian pilots. What squadriglia they were assigned? What type of plane flown? What type of planes they shot down and the dates if known? Bartolomeo Arrigoni (4 victories), Guido Sambonet (4), Ennio Sorrentino(4), Gaetano Aliperta (3), Nicola Bo (3), Oreste Codeghini (3), Esposti Amleto Degli (3),
Renato Donati (3), Attilio Ferandi (3) and Edmondo Lucentini (3). Thank you.
wow this is a hard one , try this not much info but its a nice little pdf
http://aces.safarikovi.org/victories/italy-ww1.pdf
picture of oreste codeghini's Hanriot here http://wp.scn.ru/en/ww1/f/118/174/0
Some info:
Arrigoni Giovanni Bartolomeo - Sergeant - 3 silver medals 1 bronze medal - 76°, 75°, 71°, 72°, 1a Sezione SVA - died 4 August 1818 near Romagnano
Sambonet Guido - Lieutenant - 2 silver medals - 80°, 77°, 102° 306°
Sorrentino Ennio - Soldier/Sergeant - 3 silver medals - 33°, 81°
Aliperta Gaetano - lance-corporal/sergeant - 2 silver medals 2 bronze medals - 35°, 82°, 91°, 90°
Bo Nicola - sergeant - 1 silver medal - 2a Sezione SVA, 6° Sezione SVA
Codeghini Oreste - sergeant - 2 silver medal - 78°
Degli Esposti Amleto - midshipman/second lieutenant - 1 silver medal 1 bronze medal - 80°, 77°, 5° Sez. D, 91°
Donati Renato - lance-corporal/second lieutenant - 4 silver medals - 36°, 76°
Ferandi Attilio - sergeant - 70°
Lucentini Edmondo - lance-corporal/sergeant - 1 silver medal 1 bronze medals - 79°
From: Roberto Gentili Paolo Variale - I reparti dell'aviazione italiana nella Grande Guerra - Aeronautica Militare Ufficio Storico (Air Force Historical Office)
Thanks! That is where I got my original information from but needed more detail.Originally Posted by itchy
Thanks somehow I missed that one will go back and double check for other misses.
You are the man. Thank you for your time and effort helping me. I know the information is out there somewhere but probaly in Italian. I'll going post another 10 pilots I need help with in next week or so. I'm trying gathering all the information about WW1 Italian fighter pilots, aircraft and squadriglia's into one easy to read document. Thanks again your wingman. John
A great project. Data are not so easy to find also in italian.
For Italian Aces you can look at Italian Aces of Worl War I by Paolo Varriale.
He wrote also with Roberto Gentili and Paolo Iozzi "Gli Assi dell'aviazione italiana nella Grande Guerra" (Air Force Historical Office), a nice book of about 500 pages with wonderful profiles.
I had the honor to talk to him directly to the end of a short convention last year at GiocaRoma.
Attilio
About Arrigoni Giovanni Bartolomeo look at this fourm page: http://sf1517.yuku.com/topic/630
Paolo Varriale said:
".... He was Sergente Giovanni Bartolomeo Arrigoni, born in Cavernago, near Bergamo, on January, 1, 1890. On August, 4, 1918, when he was in the 1 Sezione SVA, he was shot down and killed on SVA 11580 during a photographic reccognition over Romagnano airfield by Oblt Franz Peter (Flik 3/J, Albatros 253.05).
Arrigoni had 4 victories, 3 Medaglie d'Argento al Valor Militare and 1 di Bronzo (Silver and Bronze medals for military gallantry)..."
I found this photo at this link:http://www.bergamoestoria.it/schedaNews.aspx?id=188 It could be Arrigoni
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Another source said that he flew with Nieuport 17 and SVA (but I don't think it's a entirely trustworthy source)
About Degli Esposti Amleto I found an old post onn Facebook where a young lady said that he was an her ancestor ( http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?ui...338&topic=6389 ) Incredible!! But I didn't find anything else
About Aliperta Gaetano I found Varriale wrote an article, " The last hunter of 91°", dedicated to him (Rivista Aeronautica n. 4 2006 - the magazine of Italian Air Force). Aliperta was the last survivor of 91° and fought also during WWII.
From this link (http://www.biplanisulpiave.com/1/la_...e_1955817.html) a pic of 91° Aliperta was the second from left
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About Donati Renato post-war pilot experiences:
After attending the first World War with the 36 th squadron of reconnaissance, had become a test pilot at the Experimental Field of Turin, then in Montecchio in high altitude flights, finally Aeritalia. In 1928 he won the first world record reaching 11,817 feet in height with an aircraft flying AC motor 3 Jupiter, without the use of respiratory protection. In the 30's with a second rider in Montecelio Capannini, Fiat AS 1 touring load, beating a number of world records for duration and distance for light aircraft. Two months later the same aircraft have first 6,782 meters in height. In 1934, on 11 April in Rome, conquered the World Airline Class C reaching a Caproni biplane with open cockpit, purpose built, the height of 14,443 feet and 10 June with Major Attilio Biseo of "II is alert a ", the Raid Pavia-Venezia, walked the 433 km. path with the airboat in 5:44 '08''3 / 5 at an average of 75.492. Later it became a test of FIAT until 1945.
A picture of him on Caproni Ca113 AQ (from: http://www.aliditalia.com/Ctepezzi.html )
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in an another forum I found signed eigth victories but I checked the official list in more than one source: only 3 confirmed.
About Codeghini Oreste, a profile of his Hanriot from: http://wp.scn.ru/en/ww1/f/118/174/0
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"About Arrigoni Giovanni Bartolomeo look at this fourm page: http://sf1517.yuku.com/topic/630". What a great picture of a HD. I enjoy reading about these very brave pioneers of the air. Attilio thank you again. Best wishes for 2012 to you! Sir.
It's the page I found Varriale post. Yes, there's a great picture of an Hanriot (not Arrigoni's plane)
Best wishes you too!
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