54 Stormo

 

16 Gruppo

Macchi C.202 Folgore 168º Squadriglia 16º Gruppo - 54º Stormo 54S16G168SA 168-11 Tunisia, Spring 1943
Unit: 168 Squadriglia, 16 Gruppo, 54 Stormo Caccia Terrestre
Serial: 168-11 Tunisia, Spring 1943.
Artist: © P.Mazzardi Source: "Italian Aircraft of World War II" by Nico Sgarlato, No.6022, A Squadron/Signal Publications Inc.

Macchi C.202 Folgore 86º Squadriglia 16º Gruppo - 54º Stormo 54S16G86SA 86-8 flown by Tenente Adriano Visconti

Adriano, Visconti di Lampugnano

Adriano, Visconti di Lampugnano (November 11, 1915 - April 29, 1945) was an Italian air force major.

Visconti was one of Italy's top flying ace of the Second World War, shooting down a total of twenty six enemy aircraft.

Born in Tripoli, Libya, the son of the count Galeazzo and Cecilia Dall'Aglio-Visconti, Visconti joined the Italian Royal Air Force (Regia Aeronautica) in October 1936, and completed his pilot training at the Royal Academy in Caserta. Upon graduation, he learned to fly the Breda BA25, and later flew the RO41s. He was relegated to the 50 Stormo, 159a ground attack squadron in 1939. From June 1940 until the end of that year, he flew the Breda 65 ground attack aircraft, and was awarded one bronze medal and two silver medals.

At the beginning of 1941, Visconti was detached to the 54 Stormo, 7 Gruppo, 76a Squadron, and learned to fly the Macchi 200. He then flew the superior Macchi 202 from the end of 1941 until the Italian Armistice of September 8, 1943.

After the armistice, Visconti continued to fly with the newly formed National Republican Air Force (Aeronautica Nazionale Repubblicana, or ANR) of the Italian Social Republic (Repubblica Sociale Italiana, or RSI). The RSI was a puppet state in northern Italy headed by deposed Italian dictator Benito Mussolini. Shortly after joining the ANR, Visconti was promoted to Captain, commanding 1st Squadron, 1st Gruppo Caccia. In May 1944, he was promoted to Major.

Until the disbanding of the ANR in 1945, Visconti flew the Macchi MC205 and the Messerschmitt Me109 G10. By the time of his death, he had shot down ten Allied aircraft. Most of these were managed while flying in his already obsolete Macchi 200; the last few in an Me109 G10, designated 'White Six'. Visconti was wounded on several occasions, but never seriously. Although he never claimed more than ten kills he was later credited with 26; a careful check of Italian and German records confirmed that he had indeed shot down ten enemy planes.

On April 29, 1945, Visconti was arrested by communist partisans near Malpensa airfield, Milan. His safety was assured by the mayor of Milan when he was taken for interrogation. However, as Visconti was led away, he was shot in the back by one of the partisans.

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Regia Aeronautica Aces (World War II)
Ace No of Kills
Teresio Vittorio Martinoli22 kills
Franco Lucchini22 kills (1 in Spain)
Leonardo Ferrulli21 kills (1 in Spain)
Franco Bordoni-Bisleri19 kills
Luigi Gorrini19 kills
Mario Visintini17 kills
Ugo Drago17 kills
Mario Bellagambi14 kills
Luigi Baron14 kills
Luigi Gianella12 kills
Attilio Sanson12 kills
Willy Malagola11 Kills
Carlo Magnaghi11 kills
Angelo Mastroagostino11 kills
Giorgio Solaroli di Briona11 kills
Mario Veronesi11 kills
Fernando Malvezzi10 kills
Giulio Reiner10 kills
Giuseppe Robetto10 kills
Carlo Maurizio Ruspoli di Poggio Suasa10 kills
Massimo Salvatore10 kills
Claudio Solaro10 kills
Ennio Tarantola10 kills
Giulio Torresi10 kills
Adriano Visconti10 kills

 

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    Macchi C.202 Folgore Bibliography:

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    Magazine References: +

  • Airfix Magazines (English) - http://www.airfix.com/
  • Avions (French) - http://www.aerostories.org/~aerobiblio/rubrique10.html
  • FlyPast (English) - http://www.flypast.com/
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  • Flugzeug Classic (German) - http://www.flugzeugclassic.de/
  • Klassiker (German) - http://shop.flugrevue.de/abo/klassiker-der-luftfahrt
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  • Osprey (English) - http://www.ospreypublishing.com/
  • Revi Magazines (Czech) - http://www.revi.cz/

    Web References: +

  • Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macchi_C.202_Folgore

 

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