Italo Balbo

Aviator and staunch Fascist, Italo Balbo was with Benito Mussolini in the March on Rome of 1922, and served as Air Minister in the Fascist government. He died in 1940 when his aircraft was shot down by mistake by Italian troops over Tobruk. The photograph shows him at Orbetello during the ceremony marking his command of the squadron which flew from Italy to the United States in 1933.

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Balbo, Italo

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