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parachuted out at a very low altitude and survived his moderate wounds, while Eddy's P-47 came back safely to his Pisa airbase. This story can be verified by reading the article "L'UOMO CHE ABBATTE' VISCONTI" (THE MAN WHO SHOT DOWN VISCONTI), in 3 March 1989 issue of the
Italian magazine "Aeronautica", which was based on the notes taken at the time by Eddy in his notebook, allowing to retrace the combat and to understand that he was the "adversary" of Visconti (a fact completely unknown to Eddy himself till then).
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1275:Spahis
1270:Savari
1265:Zaptié
839:
824:
475:, 76ª
473:Gruppo
469:Stormo
465:Stormo
442:Stormo
416:Tobruk
412:Stormo
408:Gruppo
406:, 12º
383:Ro.41s
365:Career
296:Major
274:Awards
208:
195:
183:branch
169:
156:
1260:Bands
693:Notes
640:Milan
636:Milan
630:near
611:Death
595:over
586:Cuneo
548:major
496:Malta
471:, 7º
390:Pilot
232:Major
107:Italy
103:Milan
83:Milan
63:Libya
837:ISBN
822:ISBN
593:P-47
425:23ª
410:50º
228:Rank
73:Died
46:Born
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357:in
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