Fuerza Aérea de la República Española
VICTORIES
NAME CONFIRMED PROBABLE UNCONFIRMED COMMENTS
Patriarca, Vincent Joseph 2 - - 1.
Comments:
- Vincent Joseph Patriarca (Vincenzo Joseph Patriarca) was born in 1914 in New
York from Italian parents and was a neutralised American citizen. He went to
Italy to learn the business of flying and enlisted in the Regia Aeronautica
(Gustavsson, Håkan: Biplane Fighter Aces from the Second World
War, http://surfcity.kund.dalnet.se/aces.htm).
After the Spanish Civil War he returned to Italy and joined the Regia
Aeronautica. During World War II he achieved one victory.
Vincent Joseph Patriarca
Vincent Joseph Patriarca in front of a Fiat CR.42.
Sources & Literature
- Dunning, Chris: Courage Alone, Hikoki Publications, Aldershot, 1998.
- Massimello, Giovanni: Due Volte Asso, Storia Militare Nr. 49 Ottobre 1997.
- Ries, Karl – Ring, Hans: The Legion Condor, Schiffer Publishing, 1992.
- Šnajdr, Miroslav: Soumrak stíhacích dvouplošníků /1, Španělsko 1936-1937, Votobia, Olomouc 2001.
- Šnajdr, Miroslav: Hořící Španělsko, Votobia, Olomouc 2001.
- Gleize, Jean-Paul: Aces, http://www.igleize.fr/aces/homeaces.htm.
- Gustavsson, Håkan: Biplane Fighter Aces from the Second World War, http://surfcity.kund.dalnet.se/aces.htm
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