Mario Fucini [SEP] conflict
Mario Fucini
"Tenente" (later General) Mario Fucini was a World War I flying ace who claimed credit for 13 aerial victories during the war; seven of these were confirmed in 1919.
He would remain in the Italian air force after World War I, rising through squadron commands to head up the Castiglione Fighter School.
Biography.
Mario Fucini was born on 1 February 1891 in Empoli. As World War I began, he volunteered for military service in the engineers. He was appointed as a "
commission credited Mario Fucini with seven confirmed aerial victories. He remained in aviation as the "Corpo" became the "Regia Aeronautica", rising to successive commands of "29a Squadriglia" and "78a Squadriglia". In 1931, he was promoted to "Tenente Colonnello". In 1932, he published "Voli sul nemico", his memoirs. He was given command of the Castiglione Fighter School in 1933. From December 1933 through August 1925, Fucini edited the official journal of the "Regia Aeronautica", the "