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| Name: |
Alessandro Resch |
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| Country: |
Italy |
| Rank: |
Sottotenente |
| Units: |
26a, 70a |
| Victories: |
5 |
| Born: |
19 November 1892 |
| Place of Birth: |
Avezzano |
| Died: |
08 January 1966 |
| Place of Death: |
Avezzano |
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Alessandro Resch trained on Voisins in the summer of 1916 and was wounded in action later that year. He was assigned to Squadriglia 70a on 12 December 1917 and scored 3 victories flying a night fighter on 17 April 1918. Before returning to the Air Force in 1935, he logged 500,000 miles as a civilian airline pilot. In the 1950s, Resch's son Arturo was a fighting pilot in the Italian Air Force and flew F-86Es with the Lancieri Neri aerobatic team. |
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| Victories |
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Date |
Aircraft |
Unit |
Aircraft |
Opponent |
Location |
| 1 |
1917 |
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EA |
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| 2 |
17 Apr 1918 |
Hanriot HD.1 |
70a |
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Two-seater |
Valdobbiadene |
| 3 |
17 Apr 1918 |
Hanriot HD.1 |
70a |
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Scout |
Valdobbiadene |
| 4 |
17 Apr 1918 |
Hanriot HD.1 |
70a |
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Scout |
Valdobbiadene |
| 5 |
12 Jul 1918 |
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70a |
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EA |
Bottat/Col dell'Orso |
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| Books |
- Above the War Fronts
- by Norman L. R. Franks, Russell Guest, Gregory Alegi / Hardcover / Grub Street (September 1997)
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