Italian pilots info

[Balazs Garai]

Hi guys,

I'm looking for some infos few Italyan pilots, they were in South-Italia, in Grottaigle airport from November 1938-Jun 1940.
They were a teacher for 200 Hungaryan pilots whom, learned there.
What happened with them, wich Italyan gruppes they belongs, after Jun 1940.
Most of them were a sergeant, sergeant maggiore. And few of them were in Spain Civil-War to. They name:

serg. magg. Chianese Anellio
serg. magg. Silvestri
serg. magg. Bordini
serg. Calogium
serg. Covre
serg. Obuarese

Thanks for a help, sincerely,

Balazs

[Dénes Bernád]

Balázs, try to post you question also on this forum:
http://disc.server.com/Indices/63687.html

[veltro]

Originally Posted by Balazs Garai

serg. magg. Chianese Anellio

Check here (his name was Raffaele): http://www.asso4stormo.it/link21.htm

Originally Posted by Balazs Garai

serg. magg. Silvestri
serg. magg. Bordini

No data available.

Originally Posted by Balazs Garai

serg. Calogium
serg. Obuarese

These names are clearly wrong, not being Italian ones...

Originally Posted by Balazs Garai

serg. Covre

I haven't many details of his career in the Regia Aeronautica, only a glimpse of 1941, when he served with 86^ Squadriglia (7° Gruppo, 54° Stormo) and then - from March 1941 - onwards, with 353^ Squadriglia (20° Gruppo, 51° Stormo) in North Africa.
On 1944 he became a member of the 2° Gruppo Caccia ANR with the rank of Maresciallo and operated in 3^ Squadriglia. During the last months of war (in 1945) he trained several young officers with the Bf 109 G-12 of the unit. He died in 1961 during an aeronautical race around Italy (passion for flight never left him) for a flying accident.

Hope this helps

[Balazs Garai]

Hi guys,

Thanks for the fast information.
Regards,
Balazs