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Tullio Covre
Tullio Covre (Villafranca Padovana, 7 November 1917 – Messina, 2 July 1961) was a World War II ace of Italian aviation and aerobatic instructor.
Biography.
An ace of Italian aviation, he was active from 1935 to 1945 as a military pilot and afterwards as a flying instructor and aerobatics instructor at the Aero Club of Boscomantico at Verona.
He volunteered for the Royal Italian Air Force at the age of 17. On 24 August 1935 he qualified as "pilota d’aeroplano" (pilot)
violent fights he valiantly sustained the brunt of the superior enemy forces and contributed to the downing of a number of enemy aircraft"
In Libya however he suffered health problems and was repatriated again. From 1940 to 1941 Tullio Covre carried out more than 110 combat flights and shot down 5 aircraft.
Additionally, he was awarded: 
- Eagle of Saint Stephen (Hungarian pilot’s licence)
- Cross of Saint Stephen
Peacetime.
After the end of the Second World War Tullio Covre is a civil instructor and