Rino Corso Fougier (14 November 1894 in Bastia – 24 April 1963 in Rome) was a general of the Italian Royal Air Force. From 1940 to 1941 he served as the commander of the Corpo Aereo Italiano which, in concert with the Luftwaffe, took part in the Battle of Britain. From 1941 to 1943 he commanded the Regia Aeronautica. He was awarded the German Cross in Gold in January 1943.
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RinoCorsoFougier (14 November 1894 in Bastia – 24 April 1963 in Rome) was a general of the Italian Royal Air Force. From 1940 to 1941 he served as the...
named Corpo Aereo Italiano, or CAI. It was under command of Generale RinoCorsoFougier. It comprised approximately 170 aircraft including 80 Fiat Br.20 bombers...
the CAI was formed, under the command of Generale di Squadra Aerea RinoCorso-Fougier. The corps comprised 50 Fiat CR.42 biplane fighter, 45 Fiat G.50 Freccia...
commander-in-chief of the Italian forces during the Allied Invasion of Sicily. RinoCorsoFougier was a general in the Royal Italian Air Force and Chief of Staff 1941–43...
1930 at the Udine-Campoformido Airport on the initiative of Colonel RinoCorsoFougier, commander of the 1st Fighter Wing: the first formation consisted...
December 1942 General Enea Navarini, 21 December 1942 Colonel General RinoCorsoFougier ,18 January 1943 Latvia Untersturmführer Kārlis Mūsiņš Standartenführer...
di Milano ("First 'Milan' Air Command"). Generale di Squadra Aerea RinoCorso-Fougier was appointed Air Officer Commanding. Fiat CR.42 of 18° Gruppo, 56°...
November 13 – Nita Naldi, American film actress (d. 1961) November 14 – RinoCorsoFougier, Italian air force general (d. 1963) November 19 Wacław Stachiewicz...
would be finished off by the 3rd and 7th Cruiser divisions General RinoCorsoFougier, the Regia Aeronautica chief of staff, had reported that 40 modern...
1884) William Lewis Moore, American postal worker (b. 1927) April 24 RinoCorsoFougier, Italian air force general (b. 1894) Leonid Lukov, Soviet film director...
Carl Spaatz James H. Doolittle Arthur Coningham Martin Harlinghausen RinoCorsoFougier Units involved Mediterranean Air Command Fliegerkorps II Casualties...
President Benito Mussolini Preceded by Giuseppe Valle Succeeded by RinoCorsoFougier Personal details Born (1891-01-30)30 January 1891 Grumento Nova, Kingdom...
SAML S.1 two-seater Forced to land; pilot wounded in action (Tenente RinoCorsoFougier and Tenente Ubaldo Chiara) Sveta Gora Victory shared with Karl Kaszala...
Governor-General of Libya, Commander-in-Chief of Italian North Africa. RinoCorsoFougier Chief of Staff of the Italian Air Force Knight Grand Cross of the...
Military offices Preceded by RinoCorsoFougier Chief of Staff of the Royal Italian Air Force 27 July 1943 – 18 June 1944 Succeeded by Pietro Piacentini...
young pilots, to the Chief of Staff of the Royal Air Force, General RinoCorsoFougier. He became president of the Superior Committee of the Air Force on...
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