Michele Allasia [SEP] conflict
Michele Allasia
Sottotenente Michele Allasia was a World War I fighter ace credited with five aerial victories.
Biography.
Michele Allasia was born on 24 June 1893, in Ferrara, Kingdom of Italy. Allasia was a lathe operator in civilian life. In 1913, he was accepted into the "Battaglione Squadriglie Aviatori" because of his skills with a lathe. When the war began, he enrolled in the Busto Arsizio flying school. In late May 1916, he received his pilot's license. He was assigned to fly
May 1917. He landed for medical aid at Doberdò del Lago, and was unable to return to duty until early July.
Upon his return, he submitted a claim for shooting down a seaplane on 13 July, but it went unverified. The next month, he and Giovanni Sabelli teamed to shoot down a Hansa-Brandenburg C.I for Allasia's first win. On 1 September 1917, Prince Emanuele Filiberto, Duke of Aosta made a field award of the Silver Medal of Military Valor to Michele Allasia.
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