ADRIANO VISCONTI: ACE FORGOTTEN
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| The Hunting of Maj. Adriano Visconti |
E ' difficult to tell the stories of men, especially when these characters appear to be awkward, unwitting players in a better time or a historical context dark, tragic and yet so magnificent a scale, which remains indelible in the minds of everyone, but especially the desire to forget. One of these stories deliberately sieve by experts was that of a man and his plane, his courage, especially courage of a choice, to fight for his country until the end. This is a name that Adriano Visconti in Italy remains unknown to most, but still inspires admiration abroad, especially among those who were able to meet him in action, I am referring to the pilots of the USAAF and RAF who worked in Italy during the fighting for liberation. It was the same opponents who wanted to celebrate solemnly dedicating a space in the Hall of Fame of the axes of all time and the world . After the armistice of 8 September 1943 Visconti joined the Social Republic Italiana e partecipò attivamente alla costituzione dell'Aeronautica Nazionale Repubblicana al comandando della 1ª Squadriglia e, dopo essere stato promosso al grado di Maggiore nel maggio 1944, al 1° Gruppo caccia "Asso di bastoni".[ VAI ALL' ARTICOLO ]
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