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Giuseppe Cenni, the Glossary

Giuseppe Cenni (27 February 1915 – 4 September 1943) was an Italian officer and aviator.^[1]

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Aviazione Legionaria personnel
Italian World War II flying aces
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Regia Aeronautica personnel killed in World War II
Spanish Civil War prisoners of war

Aircraft pilot

An aircraft pilot or aviator is a person who controls the flight of an aircraft by operating its directional flight controls.

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The Allied invasion of Sicily, also known as the Battle of Sicily and Operation Husky, was a major campaign of World War II in which the Allied forces invaded the island of Sicily in July 1943 and took it from the Axis powers (Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany).

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Apulia

Apulia, also known by its Italian name Puglia, is a region of Italy, located in the southern peninsular section of the country, bordering the Adriatic Sea to the east, the Strait of Otranto and Ionian Sea to the southeast and the Gulf of Taranto to the south.

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Armistice

An armistice is a formal agreement of warring parties to stop fighting.

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The Aspromonte is a mountain massif in the Metropolitan City of Reggio Calabria (Calabria, southern Italy).

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Augusta, Sicily

Augusta (archaically Agosta; Austa; Greek and Megara Hyblaea, Medieval: Augusta) is a town and comune in the province of Syracuse, located on the eastern coast of Sicily (southern Italy).

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Casola Valsenio

Casola Valsenio (Chêsla) is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Ravenna in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about southeast of Bologna and about southwest of Ravenna.

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Cervia

Cervia (Zirvia) is a seaside resort town in the province of Ravenna, located in the northern Italian region of Emilia-Romagna.

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Crotone

Crotone (Cutrone or Cutruni) is a city and comune in Calabria, Italy.

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Crotone Airport

Crotone-Sant'Anna Airport (Italian: Aeroporto di Crotone-Sant'Anna) is a minor Italian domestic airport serving Crotone in Calabria.

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Empennage

The empennage, also known as the tail or tail assembly, is a structure at the rear of an aircraft that provides stability during flight, in a way similar to the feathers on an arrow.

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Fiat CR.20

The Fiat CR.20 was a biplane fighter designed and produced by the Italian aircraft manufacturer Fiat.

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Fiumicino

Fiumicino is a town and comune in the Metropolitan City of Rome, Lazio, central Italy, with a population of 80,500 (2019).

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Galatina Air Base

Galatina Air Base is an airbase near Galatina, south of the city of Lecce in the Apulia (Puglia) region of Italy.

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Gallico

Gallico is a surname.

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Gazzetta di Parma

Gazzetta di Parma is a daily newspaper published in Parma, Italy.

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Glider (aircraft)

A glider is a fixed-wing aircraft that is supported in flight by the dynamic reaction of the air against its lifting surfaces, and whose free flight does not depend on an engine.

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Gold Medal of Military Valor

The Gold Medal of Military Valor (Medaglia d'oro al valor militare) is an Italian medal established on 21 May 1793 by King Victor Amadeus III of Sardinia for deeds of outstanding gallantry in war by junior officers and soldiers.

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Italian Air Force

The Italian Air Force (Aeronautica Militare; AM) is the air force of the Italian Republic.

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Junkers Ju 87

The Junkers Ju 87, popularly known as the "Stuka", is a German dive bomber and ground-attack aircraft.

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Kingdom of Italy

The Kingdom of Italy (Regno d'Italia) was a state that existed from 17 March 1861, when Victor Emmanuel II of Sardinia was proclaimed King of Italy, until 10 June 1946, when the monarchy was abolished, following civil discontent that led to an institutional referendum on 2 June 1946.

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Major (rank)

Major is a senior military officer rank used in many countries.

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Manduria

Manduria is a city and comune of Apulia, Italy, in the province of Taranto.

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Mediterranean Sea

The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean Basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Southern Europe and Anatolia, on the south by North Africa, on the east by the Levant in West Asia, and on the west almost by the Morocco–Spain border.

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No. 111 Squadron RAF

Number 111 (Fighter) Squadron, also known as No.

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No. 243 Squadron RAF

No.

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Officer (armed forces)

An officer is a person who holds a position of authority as a member of an armed force or uniformed service.

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Parma

Parma (Pärma) is a city in the northern Italian region of Emilia-Romagna known for its architecture, music, art, prosciutto (ham), cheese and surrounding countryside.

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Patras

Patras (Pátra; Katharevousa and Πάτραι; Patrae) is Greece's third-largest city and the regional capital and largest city of Western Greece, in the northern Peloponnese, west of Athens.

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Pseudonym

A pseudonym or alias is a fictitious name that a person assumes for a particular purpose, which differs from their original or true name (orthonym).

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Ravenna

Ravenna (also; Ravèna, Ravêna) is the capital city of the Province of Ravenna, in the Emilia-Romagna region of Northern Italy.

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Reggiane Re.2002 Ariete

The Reggiane Re.2002 Ariete ("Ram") was an Italian fighter-bomber developed during World War II.

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Reggio Calabria

Reggio di Calabria (Riggiu; Rìji), commonly and officially referred to as Reggio Calabria, or simply Reggio by its inhabitants, is the largest city in Calabria as well as the seat of the Regional Council of Calabria.

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Regia Aeronautica

The Royal Italian Air Force (Regia Aeronautica Italiana) (RAI) was the air force of the Kingdom of Italy.

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Rimini

Rimini (Rémin or; Ariminum) is a city in the Emilia-Romagna region of Northern Italy.

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Rome Fiumicino Airport

Leonardo da Vinci Rome Fiumicino Airport (Aeroporto Leonardo da Vinci di Roma–Fiumicino) is an international airport in Fiumicino, Italy, serving Rome.

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Silver Medal of Military Valor

The Silver Medal of Military Valor (Medaglia d'argento al valor militare) is an Italian medal for gallantry.

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Skip bombing

Skip bombing was a low-level bombing technique independently developed by several of the combatant nations in World War II, notably Italy, Australia, Britain, Soviet Union and the United States.

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Spanish Civil War

The Spanish Civil War (Guerra Civil Española) was a military conflict fought from 1936 to 1939 between the Republicans and the Nationalists.

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Supermarine Spitfire (early Merlin-powered variants)

Supermarine Spitfire variants powered by early model Rolls-Royce Merlin engines mostly utilised single-speed, single-stage superchargers.

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Supermarine Spitfire (late Merlin-powered variants)

The British Supermarine Spitfire was facing several challenges by mid-1942.

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Taranto

Taranto (Tarde) is a coastal city in Apulia, Southern Italy.

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Varsi

Varsi (Parmigiano: Värz) is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Parma in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about west of Bologna and about southwest of Parma.

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World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

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Yugoslavia

Yugoslavia (Југославија; Jugoslavija; Југославија) was a country in Southeast and Central Europe that existed from 1918 to 1992.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuseppe_Cenni

Giuseppe Cenni, the Glossary

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See also

Aviazione Legionaria personnel

Italian World War II flying aces

Italian prisoners of war

Regia Aeronautica personnel killed in World War II

Spanish Civil War prisoners of war

References