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Re: Aldo Buvoli
If you are searching for the Fiat G 50 aces, I would advice to look also for the Finnish pilots. They were quite successful with Fiat and I guess that such character as Oiva Tuominen is the all-time top ace with Fiat G 50 - I´m not sure if his score with Fiat was as high as 23 (should be checked). Other Finnish Fiat aces were Olli Puhakka (15 air victories with Fiat) and Nils Trontti (6 air victories with Fiat).
According to Finnish sources they claimed in total 99 air victories with Fiat and lost just 3 Fiats in air combat and the air combat "kill/loss" -rate with Fiats was the best of all aircraft of Finnish Air Force! This success is partly explained by the fact that Fiat was used as an active combat aircraft during the time when confronted Soviet fighters were mostly such types as Polikarpov I-16 or I-153. Other success factor were unescorted Soviet bomber formations which suffered heavy losses from the interceptions of Finnish fighters.
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