This list contains a complete list of all World War I flying aces who flew for the Kingdom of Italy.
A military intelligence committee, the Bongiovanni Commission, verified the aerial victories of Italian aces during World War I and released its listing of Corpo Aeronautico Militare flying aces on 1 February 1919. The Bongiovanni report served as the basic source for this list.[1] Additions, and later adjustments in victory scores, are noted separately below.
| Ace's name | No. of victories |
|---|---|
| Francesco Baracca | 34 |
| Silvio Scaroni | 26 |
| Pier Ruggero Piccio | 24 |
| Flavio Baracchini | 21 |
| Fulco Ruffo di Calabria | 20 |
| Marziale Cerutti | 17 |
| Ferruccio Ranza | 17 |
| Luigi Olivari | 12 |
| Giovanni Ancillotto | 11 |
| Antonio Reali | 11 |
| Flaminio Avet | 8 |
| Ernesto Cabruna | 8 |
| Alvaro Leonardi | 8 |
| Carlo Lombardi | 8 |
| Giovanni Nicelli | 8[2] |
| Gastone Novelli | 8 |
| Leopoldo Eleuteri | 7 |
| Guglielmo Fornagiari | 7 |
| Mario Fucini | 7 |
| Orazio Pierozzi | 7[3] |
| @ Cosimo Rennella | 7 |
| Antonio Riva | 7 |
| Aldo Bocchese | 6 |
| Antonio Chiri | 6[4] |
| Bartolomeo Costantini | 6 |
| Attilio Imolesi | 6 |
| Cesare Magistrini | 6 |
| Guido Nardini | 6 |
| Luigi Olivi | 6 |
| % Giorgio Pessi | 6 |
| Cosimo Rizzotto | 6 |
| Mario Stoppani | 6 |
| Romolo Ticconi | 6 |
| Michele Allasia | 5 |
| Antonio Amantea | 5 |
| Sebastiano Bedendo | 5 |
| Alessandro Buzio | 5 |
| Umberto Calvello | 5[5] |
| Giulio Lega | 5 |
| Federico Martinengo | 5[6] |
| Guido Masiero | 5 |
| Amedeo Mecozzi | 5 |
| Giorgio Michetti | 5 |
| Alessandro Resch | 5 |
| Giovanni Sabelli | 5 |
@ Ecuadorian citizen
% Austro-Hungarian citizen
Endnotes[]
References[]
- Franks, Norman; Guest, Russell; Alegi, Gregory. Above the War Fronts: The British Two-seater Bomber Pilot and Observer Aces, the British Two-seater Fighter Observer Aces, and the Belgian, Italian, Austro-Hungarian and Russian Fighter Aces, 1914–1918: Volume 4 of Fighting Airmen of WWI Series: Volume 4 of Air Aces of WWI. Grub Street, 1997. ISBN 1-898697-56-6, ISBN 978-1-898697-56-5.
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