Antonio Chiri [SEP] conflict
Antonio Chiri
"Sergente Maggiore" Antonio Chiri was a World War I flying ace credited with six confirmed and seven unconfirmed aerial victories.
Biography.
Antonio Chiri was born in Locana, the Kingdom of Italy on 26 August 1894.
On 9 September 1914, Chiri was conscripted into the 17th Field Artillery Regiment of the Italian Army. On 18 April 1915, he was accepted for pilot's training at Pisa. He was suspended from training early in the course, but kept on hand as a sheet metal mechanic
he has subsequently been listed with five.
Chiri managed to rejoin the military to serve in the "Regia Aeronautica" reserves. At some point he was raised to the officers' ranks, as he reached the rank of "Capitano" on 8 June 1942.
Antonio Chiri died in Torino, Italy on 6 January 1971.
References.
- Franks, Norman; Guest, Russell; Alegi, Gregory. "Above the War Fronts: The British Two-seater Bomber Pilot and Observer Aces, the British