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Alessandro Resch
Tenente-colonnello Alessandro Resch was an Italian World War I flying ace credited with five confirmed aerial victories (though there is historical evidence of a sixth). After surviving World War I, he would become a pioneering airline captain, flying 500,000 miles between 1928 and 1935. He would return to the Italian Air Force as a major in 1935, rising to "tenente-colonnello" by 1939. His participation in World War II is unknown.
Early life and service.
Alessandro Resch was born in
January 1919. At some point, he left the military, but
returned to service in 1927. However, he went to work for Avio Linee Italian Airlines as chief pilot and captain on 1 September 1928. He flew half a million miles over the next 7 years. In 1935, he returned once more to military service, this time as a maggiore. By 1939, he had risen to tenente-colonnello.
Further details are unknown, except that Alessandro Resch died in Avezzano on 8 January 1966.