On 17 March 1918, he teamed with two other Italian pilots for his first victory.

He was killed in Italy at the age of 36 when an Italian pilot mistakenly shot him down.

From mid-1944, the casualty ratio started to outbalance the victories of the Italian pilots.

Italian pilots were being familiarized with the routes and airfields.

German, Italian and Belgian pilots have been training together for more than 20 years.

They were not successful aircraft, being heavily criticized by the Italian pilots.

Three more were claimed buy other Italian pilots.

When the war began, Italian pilots were relatively well trained and confident of their abilities.

Italian pilots reported anti-aircraft fire in the last 48 hours as very heavy.

Despite its speed, Italian pilots were not impressed by the type and its service in the summer of 1943 quickly ended.