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Franco Lucchini, MOVM, (24 December 1917 – 5 July 1943) was an Italian World War II fighter pilot in the Aviazione Legionaria and in the Regia Aeronautica. During World War II he achieved 21 (22, according to other sources) individual air victories, plus 52 shared, to add to the five kills in Spain, during the Civil War.〔Spick 1999, p. 106.〕 He was born in Rome, the son of a railway official. When he was sixteen, he got a glider pilot's license. In 1935, he enrolled in Regia Aeronautica as a Reserve Officer, with the rank of ''Sottotenente Pilota di Complemento''. In July 1936 he gained his military flight license at Foggia flying school. He was then commissioned (''in Servizio Permanente Effettivo'') on 13 August 1936 and in the same month was assigned to the 91a ''Squadriglia'', 10° ''Gruppo'', 4° ''Stormo'' C.T. in Gorizia.〔http://surfcity.kund.dalnet.se/italy_lucchini.htm〕 == Spain == Lucchini first saw action in the Spanish Civil War in 1937, with the 23° ''Gruppo CT''. During the conflict, flying Fiat CR.32, he claimed five air victories over Russian-built aircraft.〔Shores 1983, p. 83.〕 He shot down his first enemy aircraft on 12 October 1937. That day, the 23° ''Gruppo'', while transferring to Zaragoza, attacked four Polikarpov R-Z “Natachas” escorted by nine I-16s “Ratas” and 15 I-15 “Curtiss”. At the end of the dogfight, which lasted about fifteen minutes, the Italians claimed seven (eleven according to other sources) fighters destroyed for no losses, although several Fiat CR.32s were hit and damaged. Lucchini was credited with one kill. On 7 January 1938, he claimed a shared Polikarpov R-Z. On 21 February, he clashed - along with 23 others Fiat CR.32 - with about 40 Republican I-15 “Chatos” and I-16 “Moscas” fighters, already in combat with 17 Messerschmitt Bf109s. Germans and Italians claimed 10 enemy aircraft - and Lucchini was credited with one kill - but the Republican losses, in fact, were two destroyed and two damaged.〔 In Spain he was shot down twice. The second time, on 22 July 1938, he fell to an escorting I-16s after shooting down a Tupolev SB-2 bomber, and bailing out to become a prisoner.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Franco Lucchini」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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