Last WW2 Italian Ace Luigi Gorrini

[le_steph40]

Hello,

Maybe already posted...
The last Italian WW2 Ace Luigi Gorrini passed away on 8 November aged 97. Credited with 19 victories (24 for other sources).
After the war, he was a friend of numerous other Aces like A. Galland, R. Stanford-Tuck, P. Townsend, J. Steinhoff and many others. He had fought in the sky of the French Riviera, the Channel, Libya and northern Italy. He was shot in 1944 by a P-47 and seriously injured in his back, his call sign was "Vespa 2".

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

 

[fubar57]

 

[vikingBerserker]

 

[Capt. Vick]

Wow you don't hear about Italian aces at all, and here the last one has passed. Sad.

 

[Elmas]

Luigi Gorrini, un piacentino asso dei cieli - Gruppo Ricercatori Aerei Caduti Piacenza

 

[Wayne Little]

Missed this....

 

[Gnomey]

Me too...