SCARCE ONLY 20 ISSUED - HANS ROSSBACH SIGNED LIMITED EDITION POSTAL COVER NUMBER 3 OF 20 - SIGNED BY ITALIAN FIGHTER ACE FERRUCCIO VOSILLA -
Cover was posted in 1971. F
erruccio Vosilla
born 21st July 1905 - died in 1975. He
was an
Italian
soldier
and
aviator
,
particularly distinguished in the
Ethiopian War
and in the
Spanish Civil War
also in the
Second World War
. During the latter conflict he was commander of the
18th Land Fighter Group
during its use in the
Battle of Britain
and of the
50th
Assault Wing at the head of which he participated in the
battle of Bir Hacheim
, in the
reconquest of Tobruk
and
Marsa Matruh
and in the
first
and
Second Battles of El Alamein
. During his service in
Italian North Africa
he invented an evasive manoeuvre designed to allow the slow
Fiat CR42
AS Falcos to confront the fastest enemy monoplanes. After the
armistice of 8th September 1943
he joined the
Italian Social Republic
by entering the
National Republican Air Force
where he was commander of the 2nd Territorial Air Zone in
Padua
, and then took over the direction of the Military Information Service of the ANR. Decorated with a
silver medal
, a
bronze
one
and a
war cross for military valour
, with the
war merit cross
and the
German second class
Iron Cross.
V
ery good condition
.
COMES WITH FOUR PHOTOS.