Mario Fucini [SEP] date of death
Rivista Aeronautica". He retired from active duty on 15 September 1937. However, in April 1953, he was promoted to General in the reserves.
Mario Fucini died in Rome, Italy on 1 September 1977.
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
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 "