Rino Corso Fougier

Rino Corso Fougier ( born November 14, 1894 in Bastia, Corsica, † April 24, 1963 in Rome ) was an Italian air force officer. From 1941 to 1943 he commanded the Italian Air Force.

Military career

Fougier initially served as Bersaglierioffizier in the Italian army and took until 1916 in part as a platoon commander in the First World War. In July 1916 he began a pilot training and fought from 1917 at various scales. As a pilot, he received two prestigious awards. In 1921 he became a squadron commander and flight instructor. In 1930 he founded in Campo Formio in Udine Italy's first aerobatic school, soon emerged from the fact the Frecce Tricolori. After the founding of the Italian Air Force, he stepped over to the new strike force, where he commanded the 1st Fighter Wing from 1928 to 1933. After a brief interlude at the top of the 3rd Air Brigade he served from 1935 to 1937 in North and East Africa as well as in Spain. Upon his return to Italy, he led the training for the air force, then the 3rd Air Corps ( 3 ª squadra aerea ) in Rome and the 1st Air Corps in Milan. 1940-41 he participated in the Battle of Britain as commander of the Corpo Aereo Italiano stationed in Belgium. On November 15, 1941, he took over from General Francesco Pricolo the Office of Chief of Staff of the Air Force, at the head of which he remained until the end of the Fascist regime. After 1943 he retired to civilian life.

• Military Pilot ( Italy)
• Person in the First World War ( Italy)
• Person during the Second World War ( Italy)
• General ( Regia Aeronautica )
• Support of the German Cross in Gold
• Italian
• Born 1894
• Died in 1963
• Man