The Prancing Horse was used by which top Italian fighter ace?
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Prancing Horse The Prancing Horse (Italian: "Cavallino Rampante" , 'little prancing horse' ) is the symbol of Italian sports car manufacturer Ferrari and its racing division Scuderia Ferrari. Originally, the symbol was used by World War I pilot Francesco Baracca on his airplane.
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Francesco Baracca Count Francesco Baracca (9 May 1888 – 19 June 1918) was Italy's top fighter ace of World War I. He was credited with 34 aerial victories. The emblem he wore side by side on his plane of a black horse prancing on its two rear feet inspired that of Ferrari.
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Antonio Chiri "Sergente Maggiore" Antonio Chiri was a World War I flying ace credited with six confirmed and seven unconfirmed aerial victories.
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Breda A.14 The Breda A.14 was a prototype three-engined biplane, designed by Società Italiana Ernesto Breda as a night bomber in 1928. The aircraft was proposed to the Regia Aeronautica, but failed assessments, and was abandoned. The aircraft was designed after the failure of the A.8. It was designed to solve the flight problems experienced on the A.8. The A.14 was tested in 1928, powered by three 450 hp Alfa Romeo Jupiter engines. Although performance was improved, the Regia Aeronautica decided not to accept the A.14. To make up for the costs, it was suggested that a demilitarised version be sold to civilians, but a lack of civilian interest resulted in the abandonment of the project.
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Fiat G.50 The Fiat G.50 "Freccia" ("Arrow") was a World War II Italian fighter aircraft. First flown in February 1937, the G.50 was Italy’s first single-seat, all-metal monoplane with an enclosed cockpit and retractable undercarriage to go into production. In early 1938, the "Freccias" served in the "Regia Aeronautica" (the Italian Air Force), and with its expeditionary arm, the "Aviazione Legionaria", in Spain, where they proved to be fast and, as with most Italian designs, very manoeuvrable. However, it had inadequate weaponry (two Breda-SAFAT 12.7-mm machine guns). The Fiat G.50 was also used in small numbers by the Croatian Air Force and 35 were shipped to Finland, where they served with distinction, with an unprecedented kill/loss ratio of 33/1.
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Hermann Graf Hermann Graf (24 October 1912 – 4 November 1988) was a German "Luftwaffe" World War II fighter ace. He served on both the Eastern and Western Fronts. He became the first pilot in aviation history to claim 200 aerial victories—that is, 200 aerial combat encounters resulting in the destruction of the enemy aircraft. In about 830 combat missions, he claimed a total of 212 aerial victories, almost all of which were achieved on the Eastern Front.
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Friedrich-Karl &quot;Tutti&quot; Müller Friedrich-Karl "Tutti" Müller (25 December 1916 – 29 May 1944) was a German World War II fighter ace who served in the Luftwaffe from 1935 until his death on 29 May 1944. A flying ace or fighter ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during aerial combat. He is credited with 140 aerial victories claimed in more than 600 combat missions. He claimed 8 aerial victories during the Battle of France, 89 on the Eastern Front, and 51 victories against the Western Allies, including 17 four-engined bombers.
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Fiat R.2 The Fiat R.2 was a reconnaissance aircraft produced in Italy shortly after World War I, and the first aircraft to be marketed under the Fiat brand, (previous Fiat aircraft had been marketed as by SIA). It was a conventional two-bay biplane with equal-span, unstaggered wings and fixed tailskid undercarriage. The pilot and observer sat in tandem open cockpits. The design was a derivative of the SIA 7 and SIA 9 flown during the war, but was considerably revised by Rosatelli to correct ongoing problems with those types. A total of 129 were produced for the Air Corps of the "Regio Esercito".
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Piaggio P.8 The Piaggio P.8 was an Italian reconnaissance floatplane designed and built by Piaggio for the "Regia Marina" (Italian Royal Navy).
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Paul Santelli Maréchal-des-logis Paul Marie Raphael Santelli was a World War I flying ace credited with seven aerial victories. He was a balloon buster, all of his victories being over observation balloons.
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Raymond Lallemant Colonel Raymond A. "Cheval" Lallemant, {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (23 August 1919 – 30 January 2008) was a Belgian military pilot and flying ace who served in the British Royal Air Force (RAF) during World War II. He was credited with destroying six aircraft, making him one of the highest scoring Belgian aces of the conflict. Lallemant, who was nicknamed "cheval" ("horse" in French), flew Hawker Typhoons in No. 609 Squadron in a ground attack role. Promoted to Squadron Leader and commanding officer of No. 609 Squadron in late 1944, Lallemand was shot down over the Netherlands in September 1944 but survived despite his injuries. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC) and bar.
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Oswald Boelcke Oswald Boelcke (] ; 19 May 1891 – 28 October 1916) was a German flying ace of the First World War and one of the most influential patrol leaders and tacticians of the early years of air combat. Boelcke is considered the father of the German fighter air force, as well as the "Father of Air Fighting Tactics". He was the first to formalize rules of air fighting, which he presented as the "Dicta Boelcke". While he promulgated rules for the individual pilot, his main concern was the use of formation fighting rather than single effort.
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Flaminio Avet Flaminio Avet was a World War I flying ace credited with eight aerial victories. Although born in Nice, France, he served in the Italian military as Italy entered World War I. After a transfer from Lancers to aviation, he trained as a pilot. He began his aerial combat career on 27 November 1918, and would stake a dozen victory claims, eight of which would be verified. He ended the war having won the Silver Medal for Military Valor three times. He returned to Nice postwar, and died there on 21 August 1928.
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Carlo Radice Carlo Radice (born December 12, 1907, in Monza - date of death unknown) was a former Italian footballer. Radice was nicknamed ""Il Vichingo"" (""The Viking"") by virtue of his Nordic appearance.
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Ugolino Vivaldi Pasqua Ugolino Vivaldi Pasqua (July 2, 1885 – October 20, 1910) was an Italian aviation pioneer and the first Italian aviation fatality.
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Günther Lützow Günther Lützow (4 September 1912 – 24 April 1945) was a German "Luftwaffe" aviator and fighter ace credited with 110 enemy aircraft shot down in over 300 combat missions. Apart from five victories during the Spanish Civil War, most of his claimed victories were over the Eastern Front in World War II. He also claimed 20 victories over the Western Front, including two victories—one of which was a four-engined bomber—flying the Messerschmitt Me 262 jet fighter.
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Antoni Głowacki Antoni (Toni) Głowacki (10 February 1910 – 27 April 1980) DFC, DFM, was a Polish Second World War fighter pilot flying with Polish Squadrons attached to the RAF, who is notable for shooting down five German aircraft on 24 August 1940 during the Battle of Britain, becoming one of only four pilots who gained "ace-in-a-day" status during that battle, the others being New Zealander Brian Carbury Englishman Ronald Hamlyn and Scot Archie McKellar.
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Graziano Mancinelli Graziano Mancinelli (18 February 1937 – 8 October 1992) was an Italian show jumping rider. He competed at the 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976 and 1984 Olympics and won one gold and two bronze medals. He was initially banned from the 1964 Olympics, as he was considered a professional rider for the Milan horse-dealing company of Fratelli Rivolta, but the ban was lifted the day before the Olympics. Outside Olympics Mancinelli won a silver medal at the 1970 World Championships, a European title in 1963, and six national titles.
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Pentro horse The Pentro Horse (Italian: "Cavallo Pentro" ) is a breed of horse originating in the area of Isernia, in the Molise region of Italy. It is one of the fifteen indigenous horse "breeds of limited distribution" recognised by the AIA, the Italian breeders' association. It takes its name from the ancient Samnite tribe of the Pentri. Like many Italian breeds the Pentro is raised on open land year-round, where it has to fend off wolves, which have returned to the Italian countryside in considerable numbers.
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Antonio Reali Capitano Antonio Reali was an Italian World War I flying ace credited with eleven confirmed aerial victories, and 22 unconfirmed victories. He served in the "Regia Aeronautica" Reserves from 1923 to about 1940.
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Edgardo Vaghi Edgardo Vaghi (born June 30, 1915, date of death unknown) was an Italian bobsledder who competed in the late 1930s. He later fought for Italy in the Aeronautica Nazionale Repubblicana during World War II over Greece and the Soviet Union. Prior to both careers, he competed in auto racing.
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Piaggio P.111 The Piaggio P.111 was an Italian high-altitude research aircraft designed and built by Piaggio for the "Regia Aeronautica" (Italian Royal Air Force).