italian pilot Felice Squassoni passed away
 

Hello,

With sadness I note that the Italian pilot Felice Squassoni (http://surfcity.kund.dalnet.se/italy_squassoni.htm) passed away on 29 July 2008.

Is there anyone, who knows when he was born?

Best wishes/Håkan

Re: italian pilot Felice Squassoni passed away
 

It's a sad thing to learn of the death of a friend, even more if publicly...

Since Felice was so kind and trustful to share with me most of the memories of his past, I guess that the best reply to the question posed is the second page of his ANR log-book ...

http://win.150gct.it/public/veltro/S...ni_logbook.jpg

As a sidenote, I'm proud to have been able to make Felice meet with both the pilots who shot him down in WW2:

Here is him twenty years ago with Charles C. Eddy, who shot him down on April 2, 1945, during the big combat between the Bf 109s of 2° Gruppo Caccia ANR against the P-47s of the 350th FG USAAF...

http://win.150gct.it/public/veltro/Squassoni_Eddy.jpg

The other one was S/L Murray Nash (3 Sqn, RAAF) who didn't exactly shoot him down, but forced him to a high-speed crash-landing among a field of vineyards on December 26, 1945. Nash flew from Australia to meet him.

Felice remained in contact with both pilots until recently.

I'll miss a great friend and a true gentleman.

Re: italian pilot Felice Squassoni passed away
 

Dear Ferdinando,

Thanks for your quick reply.

Best wishes/Håkan