Alvaro Leonardi [SEP] place of death
occupiers. Postwar, he retired from military service in February 1946.
Alvaro Leonardi died in Cameri, Italy on 1 January 1955.
References.
- Franks, Norman; Guest, Russell; Alegi, Gregory. "Above the War Fronts: The British Two-seater Bomber Pilot and Observer Aces, the British Two-seater Fighter Observer Aces, and the Belgian, Italian, Austro-Hungarian and Russian Fighter Aces, 1914–1918: Volume 4 of Fighting Airmen of WWI Series: Volume 4 of Air Aces of
Alvaro Leonardi
"Tenente colonnello" Alvaro Leonardi (16 November 1895 – 1 January 1955) was a World War I "Sottotenente" from Italy and a flying ace credited with eight aerial victories.
Early life and service.
Alvaro Leonardi was born in Terni, Kingdom of Italy, on 16 November 1895. In September 1915, just after Italy entered World War I, Leonardi served in the Technical Services Department of the Italian military. He was then posted to the 6th Railroad Engineers' Regiment before transferring to aviation