Guglielmo Fornagiari
'' Sergente Maggiore'' Guglielmo Fornagiari was an Italian World War I flying ace credited with six aerial victories. Biography Guglielmo Fornagiari was born in Lizzano in Belvedere, Kingdom of Italy, in 1892.Franks et al 1997, pp. 139-140. His life and military career are unknown before he was posted to a fighter squadron, ''78a Squadriglia'', on 3 September 1916. On 19 June 1917, he staked his first victory claim while flying a Nieuport 11. Eight days later, his takeoff was aborted by engine failure, and he crashlanded in a vineyard. He was unhurt, but two vineyard workers were killed and another pair injured. Despite this, he continued to fly and fight, and scored his first accredited aerial victory on 22 August 1917. He had been equipped with a Hanriot HD.1 by 8 October, when he staked his fourth claim. Fornagiari continued to score; on 26 December, he would share two victories, one with Masiero, for his fifth and sixth claims. He ended 1917 by receiving a second Silver Meda ...
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Lizzano In Belvedere
Lizzano in Belvedere ( High Mountain Bolognese: ; City Bolognese: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Bologna in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about southwest of Bologna. Among the parishes is the church of San Pietro, Vidiciatico. Twin towns — sister cities Lizzano in Belvedere is twinned with: * Hilzingen Hilzingen is a town in the district of Konstanz in Baden-Württemberg in Germany. Twin towns — sister cities Hilzingen is twinned with: * Lizzano in Belvedere, Italy * Stolpen Stolpen ( hsb, Stołpin) is a town in the district of Säc ..., Germany References External links Official website Cities and towns in Emilia-Romagna {{EmiliaRomagna-geo-stub ...
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