Teresio Vittorio Martinoli | |
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| Born | 26 March 1917 Novara, Italy |
| Died | 25 August 1944 (aged 27) |
| Allegiance | Italy |
| Service | Regia Aeronautica Aeronautica Militare Italiana |
| Years of service | 1938 – 1944 |
| Rank | Sergente Maggiore |
| Unit | 366ª Squadriglia, 151° Gruppo, 53° Stormo (RA); 384ª Squadriglia, 157° Gruppo; 78ª Squadriglia, 13° Gruppo, 2° Stormo; 9° Gruppo, 4° Stormo |
| Battles / wars | Second World War |
| Awards | Medaglia d'Oro al Valor Militare Medaglia d’Argento al Valor Militare German Iron Cross second class |
Teresio Vittorio Martinoli, MOVM, (26 March 1917 – 25 August 1944) was an Italian World War II fighter pilot in the Regia Aeronautica and in the Italian Co-Belligerent Air Force (ICBAF). During the war, he fought over Libya and Tunisia, in North Africa, on Malta, and was involved in the defence of the Italian mainland. Martinoli has been credited with 22 air victories and 14 shared destroyed in 276 sorties. Flying the Fiat C.R.42 biplane and Macchi C.202 and C.205 monoplanes, he shot down: a Gloster Gladiator, Bristol Blenheims, Hawker Hurricanes, Curtiss P-40s, Spitfires, a P-38 Lightning, a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, and a Junkers Ju 52, the last after the Armistice of Cassibile.
He lost his life in a flying accident on 25 August 1944, while converting from the C.205 to the P-39 Airacobra.[1]
- ^ Dimensione Cielo 1972, p. 65.