List of World War II aces from Italy


This is a list of aces in World War II from Italy. A flying ace or air ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during aerial combat. For other countries see List of World War II aces by country.
NameWartime victoriesRankAwardsNotes
Adami, Ranieri7Maggioreretired as a Colonnello
Annoni, Emanuele 9Capitanoretired as a Generale di Squadra Aerea
Arcangeletti, Paolo5
Aurili, Giuseppe5
Baldi, Loris5Sergente Maggioredied October 7, 2015
Bandini, Luigi5KIA April 29, 1944
Barcaro, Giovanni9
Baron, Luigi 12Sergente Maggiore
Bartolacchini, Osvaldo6
Bartolozzi, Osvaldo6
Baschirotto, Gianlino 11Maresciallo PilotaRetired in 1970 as a Colonnello
Bassi, Livio6TenenteGMMVKIA April 2, 1941
Baylon, Giuseppe5Tenente Colonnello
Bellagambi, Mario13CapitanoRetired in 1967 as a Generale di Brigata Aerea
Benati, Amedeo10
Bernardi, Duilio5
Biagini, Bruno7
Biagini, Lucio5KIA April 25, 1944
Bianchi, Manfredo5
Bianchi, Pietro5KIA August 2, 1943
Biron, Giuseppe 10MaggioreRetired in 1971 as a Generale di Brigata Aerea
Bladelli, Alessandro5 + 7 shared, 1 shared damaged2x SMMV, 2x BMMV
Bonet, Giovanni8Capitano4x SMMV, GIC2cKIA April 29, 1944
Bonannini, Pietro8 + 2 prob.Aiutante di BattagliaTurret gunner on Cant Z.506B and Fiat RS.14 floatplanes. Credited with 4x Spitfires, 3x Blenheims and 1x Hurricane
Bonfatti, Pietro6 + 7 shared, 2 + 3 shared probably, 4 shared damaged2x SMMV, 1BMMVKIA November 22, 1941
Bonzano, Mario17MaggioreSMMVretired as a Colonello
Bordoni-Bisleri, Franco 19Tenente3x SMMV, GIC2KIFA September 15, 1975
Botto, Ernesto8 + 20 shared, 7 shared probably. 1 + 4 shared damaged.GMMV
Buogo, Egidio5
Buvoli, Aldo6
Camaioni, Antonio8
Canella, Carlo7, 27 + 5 shared on groundSMMV
Canfora, Antonio7
Caselli, Gilberto5
Cavalli, Evasio5KIA July 21, 1943
Celentano, Agostino6
Cenni, Giuseppe9MaggioreGMMV, 6x SMMV, GIC2KIA September 4, 1943
Ceoletta, Giovanni10Sergente MaggioreRetired in 1981 as a Generale di Brigata Aerea
Chiarini, Guglielmo5CapitanoGMMV, 2x SMMVKIA February 4, 1941
Covre, Tullio5Sergente Maggiore2x SMMV, GIC, SMCV
Cucchi, Carlo5
Cuscuna, Francesco5, 1 shared probable, 2 shared damaged.2x SMMV
Daffara, Vittorino13 + 1 shared, 4 damaged.
Damiani, Rinaldo6 + 3 shared, 4 shared damaged, 1 damaged on the ground.
Dell'Innocenti, Giovanni12KIA July 3, 1943
Bert, Cesare Di6Sergente Piloti3x SMMV
Briona, Giorgio Di11CapitanoSMMV, GIC2
Doglio, Furio7CapitanoGMMV, LBM, SMA, SMMV, 2x BMMV, GIC2KIA July 27, 1942, on Gozo,
by Canadian top aceGeorge Beurling
Drago, Ugo17 + 3 shared, 1 shared damaged on the ground.Capitano4x SMMV, CMV11 victories with RSI
Ettore, Domenico5
Facchini Dotta, Domenico5
Fanali, Duilio15Tenente Colonnello5x SMMV, 2x BMMV, CMWRetired 1971 as a Generale di Squadra Aerea
Ferazzani, Giuseppe5
Ferla, Germano La13GMV, SMMV
Ferrulli, Leonardo21 SottotenenteGMV, SMMVKIA July 5, 1943
Fibbia, Guido6 Maresciallo Pilota2x SMMV, BMMV, WMC, GIC2
Filippi, Fausto8KIA January 23, 1945
Filippi, Luigi7 + 1 shared.SMMV, BMMVKIA February 20, 1943
Fissore, Giuliano3 shared
Forlani, Dino7
Fornaci, Fausto9Maresciallo PilotaKIA February 6, 1945
Foschini, Ettore7
François, Armando7 + 3 sharedSMMV, BMMV, SMA, BMA, WMC
Frigerio, Iacopo5 + 4 shared, 1 probably, 4 + 4 shared damagedSMMV, BMMV, GIC2
Gaucci, Roberto7
Giannella, Luigi12CapitanoRetired in the 1960s as a Colonnello
Giardina, Antonio52x SMMV, 1BMMV
Giudice, Eber5SMMV, BMMV
Gorrini, Luigi19Sergente MaggioreGMMV, BMMV, GIC1, GIC2
Graffer, Giorgio5CapitanoGMMV, BMMVKIA November 28, 1940
Guarnaccia, Filippo7
Guerci, Mario5
Guidi, Amedeo6 + 3 shared, 1 + 2 shared probable, 2 + 2 shared damaged.SMMV, 2x WMC
Guiducci, Spiridone5
Incerto, Enrico8, 2 probably, 3 damaged GMV, SMMV
Iellici, Luigi5
Laiolo, Domenico6Sergente Maggiore
Lauri, Furio11 GMV, 2x SMMV, CMV
Leotta, Eugenio5
Locatelli, Bruno5
Longhi, Felice6 + 4 shared, 4 shared damaged.3x SMMV, CMV, GIC2
Longhini, Antonio8TenenteKIA November 16, 1944
Lucchini, Franco21 + 6 shared CapitanoGMMV, 5x SMMV, BMMV, GICKIA July 5, 1943, on Sicily
Magnaghi, Carlo11Maresciallo Pilota
Magrini, Vasco11KIFA July 1961
Malagola, Willy11
Malvezzi, Fernando10Capitano
Mandolini, Orlando7 + 1 shared, 1 + 1 shared damaged, 1 armoured car on the ground.SMMV, WMC, GIC2
Mantelli, Adriano10 + 6 shared 2x SMMV, WMC
Marconcini, Giuseppe6
Mariotti, Luigi5 + 10 shared, 1 shared damaged on the ground.Maggiore4x SMMV, BMMV, WMCKIA on December 27, 1944, in Bell P-39Q
by German Flak
Martinoli, Teresio22 + 14 sharedSergente MaggioreGMV, SMMV, GIC2KIFA in Bell P-39
Mastroagostino, Angelo11
Maurer, Sergio5KIA May 6, 1943
Mazzitelli, Orfeo8 + 14 sharedTenente
Mecatti, Mario6
Melis, Mario5
Miani, Carlo7CapitanoRitired in 1962 as a Tenente Colonnello. Died April 16, 1994.
Minguzzi, Vittorio13
Miotto, Elio5 + 8 shared, 2 shared probably.3x SMMVKIFA March 21, 1945, during a training flight
in a Bell P-39
Montagnani, Gianfranco5
Montegnacco, Brunetto Di15, 1 on the ground.SMMVKIA April 13, 1938. All victories during
the Spanish War
Monterumici, Amleto6
Monti, Luigi8 + 19 shared, 3 shared probably, 3 + 1 shared damagedSMMV, BMMV, WMC
Moretto, Enrico5
Morosi, Luigi5
Mottet, Giuseppe6 + at least 4 shared, 2 damaged.BMMVKIFA March 30, 1950
Nioi, Clizio7 + 1 shared, 1 probably, 1 damagedCapitano3x SMMV
Nobili, Guido9 + 2 shared, 1 probably.Colonello3x SMMV, WMCDied July 10, 1943, during the 1st day of Operation Husky.
Noveli, Raffaello5
Oblach, Giuseppe 7, 2 probably, 1 + 1 shared damagedTenenteGMV, 2x SMMVKIA December 1, 1942
Ocarso, Dante5KIA November 28, 1942
Omiccioli, Enzo 5 + 2 sharedMaresciallo di terza classeGMVKIA February 3, 1941. Brother of Walter Omiccioli.
Omiccioli, Walter 9Sergente PilotiBrother of Enzo Omiccioli. Died January 30, 2009
Palazzeschi, Antonio5
Pecchiari, Francesco5KIA July 6, 1942, by Canadian top aceGeorge Beurling
Perdoni, Luciano5 + 3 shared, 2 shared probable, 1 shared damaged.SMMV, 2x BMMV, 3x WMC
Pergameni, Antonio7 + 5 shared, 1 probably, 1 + 7 shared damaged.4x SMMVKIA June 26, 1942
Petrosellini, Costantino 5Sottotenente3x SMMV, 2x WMCLeft the Aeronautica Militare in 1956 as a Tenente Colonnello, and started flying for Alitalia. Died January 21, 2015
Pinna, Mario5 + 6 shared, 1 probably, 1 damaged, 3 armoured cars shared2x SMMV, BMMV, WMC
Pluda, Mario5KIA November 8, 1941
Pocek, Giorgio5
Poggio Suasa, Carlo di11Maggiore
Presel, Guido12 + 10 shared, 2 probably, 2 on the ground SMMV, BMMV
Sanson, Attilio12
Sant'Andrea, Vincenzo7
Savini, Angelo7 + 7 shared, 1 + 1 shared probableSMMV, 2x BMMV
Scarpetta, Per6Maggiore3x SMMV, 2x BMMV, WMCKIA August 14, 1942
Schiappacasse, Lombardo7
Seganti, Carlo5TenenteGMMV KIA July 12, 1942, North of Malta, by Canadian aceGeorge Beurling,
while searching for a Missing In Action fellow pilot.
Seidl, Ricardo6GMVKIA September 27, 1941
Serafini, Ferruccio9Sergente Piloti
Serini, Pietro11Maggiore
Simionato, Olindo5
Soffritti, Aroldo8, 5 probably, 1 damaged, 11 shared on the ground, 5 shared damaged on the groundMaresciallo Pilota2x SMMVDied February 18, 1977
Solaro, Claudio12 + 14 shared, 1 + 1 shared probable, 8 shared damaged, 20 on the groundCapitano2x SMMV, 3x BMMV, 3x WMC, GIC2Retired as a Generale di Squadra Aerea
Solaroli, Giorgio11
Spigaglia, Alberto6 + 4 shared2x SMMV, BMMV, WMC
Squarcia, Vittorio5
Stabile, Natalino10 + 2 shared
Sterzi, Annibale5
Talamini, Renato5 + 4 shared, 3 + 5 shared damaged.TenenteSMMV, BMMVKIA April 10, 1944
Tarantola, Ennio 11 + 4 shared, 1 probably, 1 on the sea + 1 in Spain with Aviazione LegionariaMaresciallo Pilota2x SMMV, 2x BMMVDied July 30, 2001
Tessari, Arrigo53x SMMV, BMMV, WMC
Torchio, Luigi5SMMV, WMCKIA January 30, 1944
Torresi, Giulio10 + 10 shared, 5 + 2 shared probable, 11 shared damagedCapitano4x SMMV, GIC2KIA July 1, 1944
Tugnoli, Giorgio6 + 4 shared, 1 probable3x SMMV, BMMV, WMC
Valenzano, Raffaele8
Valtancoli, Tito8
Vanzan, Virgilio7
Veronese, Alberto62x SMMVKIA November 4, 1944
Veronesi, Mario11 + 6 shared, 2 + 2 shared probably, 1 damaged.SMMV, BMMV, GIC2
Visconti di Lampugnano, Adriano10Maggiore7 victories with RSI
Shot in the back by Russian guard after surrender April 29, 1945
Visintini, Mario16, 5 probable, 32 on the ground CapitanoGMMV, SMMV, BMMVHighest scoring biplane pilot of the war
and most successful pilot of the East African campaign
KIFA February 11, 1941
Zemella, Celso5 + 1 shared3x SMMV, BMMV, GIC2
Zotti, Andrea9 + 3 shared, 1 damagedKIA March 16, 1940
Zotti, Nicola5
Zuccarini, Gian5