Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A cikin Italiya, a watan Nuwamba na 1941 an ba Parona umurnin Rundunar Sojan Sama ta 3, bayan da aka cire kwamandansa, Bruno Brivonesi, daga umurnin bayan yakin Duisburg Convoy. Jirginsa na farko shi ne jirgin ruwa mai nauyi "Gorizia". A matsayin kwamandan rundunar sojan ruwa ta 3, tsakanin Disamba 1941 da Agusta 1942, Parona ya halarci Yaƙin Duniya na Farko
da Yaƙin Sirte na biyu, inda rundunarsa ta yi karo da sojojin da ke rakiyar jiragen ruwa na Burtaniya zuwa Malta, Operation Vigorous (wanda aka sani a Italiya a matsayin Yaƙin Tsakiyar Yuni) da Operation Pedestal (wanda aka sani a Italiya a matsayin Yaƙin Tsakiyar Agusta), inda rundunarsa ba ta tuntuɓi jiragen ruwan abokan gaba ba.