D'Agostinis, Giuseppe

     
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Introduction



Giuseppe D'Agostinis was born in Cervignano del Friuli, in the province of Udine, 17. July 1910.

In his youth he entered the air force academy (Accademia Aeronautica), which ended 1. October 1931 in the rank of second lieutenant. 1933 served at 97° Squadriglie, which belonged to the assembly, 9° Gruppo, 4° Stormo.

During the second half of 1936 he was promoted to the rank of Capitano and he volunteered for service in the Italian contingent participating in the Spanish civil war.

In Spain



He was appointed commanding officer of the squadron known as "Squadriglia Mussolini". During the Spanish civil war DAgostinis used the "nome de guerre" (war code name) Gatti (which literally means Cat, but at the same time it is also a very common surname in northern Italy).

The unit should operate from Majorca, with aircraft and personnel were in the war transported ships. 27. August 1936 at 20.30 pm Italian cargo ship Emilio Morandi docked in the port of Palma de Mallorca and landed three aeroplanes the Fiat CR.32 and the staff. During the night the planes were transported to the airport of Son San Juan, where the machines were undoing the packing and assembled.

At noon of the second day was the first Fiat, marked "black 1", ready to fly, and Capitano D'Agostinis started off to the test flight.

Maiden flight was without faults, so at 12: 30 pm started the sergeant (Sergente) Guido Carestiato in the same plane and headed to the port of Cala Morlanda on the east coast of Majorca where it had to anchor six of the republican seaplanes SIAI WITH.62. Carestiato grounded planes strafed and two destroyed. Then, when I was returning home, he saw
other With.62 flying over the gulf of mexico. He began to prosecute and downed it. Carestiato landed at Son San Juan after just ten minutes, with the plane slightly damaged by gunfire from the ground.

About an hour later, in the "black 1" started to change the D'Agostinis, to an attack on a seaplane again. D'Agostinis attacked the seaplanes, which have in the meantime taken on shore, then, like Carestatio, saw two others With.62 when returning home, as they come out of the bay of Puerto Cristo. He attacked one, which forced an emergency landing with a dead one member of the crew. The aircraft was declared destroyed, but in fact it was only damaged, and later recovered by the republican merchant ship Mar Negro. The Other With.62 managed to escape, because D'Agostinis exhausted the supply of ammunition.

In the following days, all three CR.32 bombed the republican soldiers, the trucks and the boat. In order to avoid anti-aircraft fire, they flew at an altitude of 2000 m, after finding the target pretended to be flying away, only to end up back in the ground the flight with the sun at your back.

Attacks successfully continued until December, when the unit was strengthened by three other fiat cars CR.32. In may 1937 the unit was formally renamed to 101° Squadriglii and 10. July was subordinated to the newly formed 10° Gruppo Aviazione Legionaria (the commanding officer of the Maggiore Pietro Scapinelli) together with 102° Squadriglií.

DAgostinis meanwhile, won the next victory. At dawn 31. may flew solitary Potez 540, flown by the czechoslovak pilot Jan Ferákem, bombed Palma de Mallorca. His bombs have caused the loss of about ten dead and thirty wounded. On the return flight of the Potez at 4000 m above sea level hit three-person swarm, which led Capitano D'Agostinis. The italians on the bomber repeatedly attacked and set fire to his port engine. The bomber turned back to Mallorca and crashed near Andraitx on the east coast of Mallorca. Mandies was the only one who survived from a five-man crew of the aircraft.

It was the last success DAgostinise in Spain. For his service in Spain he was twice awarded the Silver medal for bravery (Medaglie d'argento al Valor Militare). 16. of July 1937 to
D'Agostinis reported again at the 4° Stormo and 1. August was appointed commander of the 91° Squadriglie, subordinate to the 10° Gruppo. The unit was armed with, again, the machine of the Fiat CR.32.

DAgostinis now began to pay aerobatics and from 1. November 1937 to 18. February 1938, he was entrusted with the temporary command of the whole of the 10° Gruppo, than there was to the relief of her commanding officers.

In August 1939 should have been the whole Stormo re-equipped with jednoplošnými fighters Mckee C.200, however, this move ran into resistance of its pilots, who with them were not satisfied. In September of the same year, therefore, the 4° Stormo replaced your C.200 for a fiat cars CR.42 with the 54° Stormo based at Treviso.

Midlands



After the outbreak of the war, Italian pilots once again were about to engage in war. Time 10° Gruppo arrived in June 1940, when they moved from Italy to Libya on the base of the Castel Benito.

Future opponents of Italian fighters should be approximately 75 dvouplošníků Gloster Gladiator Mk.I and the Mk.II and only Hawker Hurricane Mk.I. Against them the Italians in Libya and Egypt have moved in 88 Fiats CR.32 and CR.42.

Almost immediately broke out in heavy fighting with the british fighters. Already 19. 6. he was shot down by the current commander of the 10° Gruppo Tenente Colonelo (lieutenant colonel) And. Piragino and fell into captivity. DAgostinis again had to temporarily take command of the Gruppo until 11. 7. command is assumed by Maggiore Carlo Romagnoli.

To hard air fights then started in early August. In the early evening 4. 8. took off from the base of the Sidi Barraní four Gladiatorů Mk.Even from 80. fighter squadron, to provide coverage of an exploratory Lysanderu from 208. squadron. From the opposite side of the queue approached a strong flight department of Italian air force. An Italian survey revealed a strong concentration of british armoured vehicles near Bir Sheferzen. The italians, therefore, sent 6 battleships machines the Breda Ba.65 armed dvoukilovými pumičkami (each of them could carry up to 168 pieces) and the other 6 Fiats CR.32 armed with the same bombs.

Escort fighter secured a total of 31 machines Fiat CR.42. 9 aircraft came from the 10° Gruppo and one of them piloted DAgostinis.
Italian fighters flew at an altitude of about 4500 meters, the battle fiat cars flew only in the 1000 meters, and Brady even lower - only about 300 meters over the desert. On the way towards the frontline, at 5000 m over Ridotta Capuzzo, the Italians suddenly spotted a formation of nine Blenheimů towards El Adem, accompanied by many Theatres. Fighter fiat cars CR.42 attacked the bombers and then fight with the fighters.

Battle of Breda shortly thereafter picked up the aforementioned Lysander from 208. squadron and attacked it. Credits Lysanderu fiercely maneuvered and fired the signal flare to get the attention of your entourage, you have not noticed anything. Their effort was crowned with success; the four accompanying Theatres they went to Brady, broke their formation and forced them to jettison bombs. Two Brady were shot down, however
immediately into a fight engage fiat cars CR.32. Two Theatres were immediately shot down and one damaged. The last Gladiator (piloted by the future the most successful british fighter of F/Lt. Pattlem) outnumbered built on the stout-hearted resistance. Despite the fact that in the fight stepped forward around 17 of the Fiats CR.42, Pattle could one shoot down. However, after 15 minutes ongoing fight in the end was himself shot down, he did however save on the parachute.

Overall, the Italians claimed kills three Blenheimů and four Gladiatorů (two of probably). These kills were virtually all Italian fighters counted as a victory in the cooperation.

To further sharp fight occurred just four days later. The evening of 8. August led the Maggiore Romagnoli 15 Fiats 9. and 10. group on patrol along the egyptian border with the task at the same time give indirect cover to five bombers SM.79 and one exploratory
Ro.37; the formation was directed to Bir El Chreigat, where she had a bomb a gathering of british vehicles.

Immediately after take-off Romagnoli began to rise while he was trying to hold the sun in your back. At 2500 meters over Gabr Saleh, when the Italian formations still soared, saw the Italians two formations Gladiatorů flying above and across from them. The italians tried to attack the enemy fighters frontally and from below. Then, however, the fight hit the third formation pilots, accidents that Italians have not yet found. The surviving Italian pilots estimated that they fought in total against 27 enemy fighters for fifteen minutes.

At the end of the fight the British claimed 14 certain and 6 probable kills in the loss of two Gladiatorů. The italians actually lost 8 Fiats CR.42 it, however, 4 crash-landed and were later supposedly all fixed, yourself claimed five Gladiatorů destroyed certainly and two probably. The newspaper later quoted "Italian commander" (obviously Maggiore Romagnoli), who stated that the attack Gladiatorů was probably the deadliest, what ever seen. DAgostinis escaped from the fight without injury and on the contrary he scored 3 more victories in the cooperation.

The british have managed without the remnants of take advantage of the strengths of Gladiatorů compared to CR.42, especially radio equipment that allowed the coordinated attack and allowed it to gain the element of surprise. Performances Gladiatorů at low altitudes were better, mainly they were more manoeuvrable in the horizontal. The morale of the Italians greatly fell, between sestřelenými it was a few pilots of the pre-war army aerobatic team - the blossom of their fighter force.

DAgostinis won the next victory 11. 9. 1940. On that day, a total of 19 Fiats CR.42 9. and 10. the group thought a lone Blenheim (probably from 113. squadron) and downed it. The victory was divided between all the pilots of the formation.

Another questionable victory DAgostinis received three days later. 14. September mixed formation 23 CR.42 from 9. and 10. the group was protecting the Italian ground troops. The formation took off at 10.25 pm. At 11.00 a.m. the pilots of 10° Gruppo discovered a formation of four Bristolů Blenheim. They broke off from the formation and attacked the bombers, taking them one managed to shoot. Victory was granted to all 15 pilots. One of them later stated that the Blenheim initially returned fire, but then, he was hit several times,
his guns are silent, the bomber continued to fly and on its board there were observed no signs of life. The italians while the bomber chased, but soon consumed most of the ammunition and let it be. Blenheim was on fire and losing height.

This shoot is however not possible to verify according to british records. According to them, on that day, british bombers operated only in the afternoon, neutkaly with the Italian fighters and suffered no casualties.

It was the latest success of the captain DAgostinise this year. In December DAgostinis had to return to Italy due to illness. After the healing was in April 1941, included to 97° Squadriglii 9° Gruppo.

30. September 1941 launched the 9° Gruppo new campaign against Malta. Unit operated from a base of Comiso and was armed with a brand new Mckee C.202. D'Agostinis led a few patrols, but clearly no contact with the enemy.

Russia



16. December 1941 was D'Agostinis promoted to the rank of Maggiore. 13. January 1942, the then newly minted Maggiore D'Agostinis took over command of the 22° Gruppo Autonomo C. T. (359°, 362°, 369° and 371° Squadriglia), which by that time was commanded by Maggiore Giovanni Borzoni. This unit participated in the Russian campaign; was stationed in Zaporizhia, Ukraine, and operated with the aircraft Mckee C.200.

D Agostinis, however, had to undergo an unpleasant way before he got to his new unit. First took the train to Bucharest, where he was to continue the transport plane. However, the frequent snow storms prevented the aircraft to take off, so, after several days of waiting, had to go on the train. Was it an ordinary military transport with simple wooden wagons, crawling at a rate of several miles a day. About ten days later
here, all raw, to the station of Dnipropetrovsk, from where the airport Stalino drove a supply truck.

28. February led the D'Agostinis mixed formation of the pilots 362° and 369° Squadriglie, when it came at the height of 4500 m to touch and duel with soviet fighters. The italians after the fight claimed two "I-26" downed in cooperation over Alexandrovkou. The victories he has participated and D'Agostinis, although it was his first sortie in the
Russia.

Another fight followed by 3. march, when once again, Maggiore D'Agostinis at the head of a mixed group of pilots 362° and 369° squadron graduated from the clash with the "I-180" over Debalcevem. The fight ended with uncertain results, but probably there were several soviet planes damaged.

To a very successful mission then DAgostinis took off at 09.45 hrs 17. march, when he led fourteen MC.200 22°Gruppo to attack the airport Luskotova. The italians were accompanied by two German Bf 109 F. According to the report, D Agostinise was during the raid at least ten Polikarpovů I-16 destroyed on the ground.

12. in march 1942, however, started to be 22° Gruppo gradually fetched back to Italy, leaving her worn out C.200 should remain in Russia. Here is should take the acquiring unit in the form of 21° Gruppo.

22° Gruppo leaving 68 combat missions, participated in 19 air combats and carried out 11 attacks against ground units. Claim 66 of aircraft destroyed, 16 probably destroyed and 45 damaged and received the Medaglia d'argento al valor militare.

Again the Mediterranean



After returning from the eastern front was D'Agostinis once again relegated to the 4° Stormo and after the death of the commander of the 10° Gruppo, which was Maggiore Paolo Tito Maddalena (missing from 3. July 1942), was Maggiore D'Agostinis 18. July appointed commanding officer of the group. Gruppo returned to North Africa on her second desert tour in may 1942. At that time the unit was placed in the Fuka and armed Mckee C.202. Again began to experience hard fighting with the RAF.

For example, 31. August led the Maggiore D'Agostinis twenty C.202 of the 10° Gruppo to attack the three enemy airport in the region Burg el Arab 60 km behind the front lines. Of these twenty machines was eight earmarked for direct attack bombs on ground targets (this eight led DAgostinis personally) and the rest of them had to provide fighter escort.

During the trip one of the fighter-bombers began to lose coolant and turned back, his head turned with him, to be brought back to the base, and due to a misunderstanding back turned even a third machine, whose pilot considered that it is accompany. The number of machines allocated for ground attack so dropped to 5.

Maggiore D'Agostinis still continued in the mission. The way of the Italians under him they saw two Spitfire, but the enemy fighters didn't attack. The italians, meanwhile, got to the first airport, where, however, they found only a few aircraft on the ground, but is welcomed by intense flak. Subsequently attacked on two other airport, every time made three attacks, each from a different direction, to minimize the reaction of the country. After action report 5 Lysanderů, 5 Built P-40, three Theatres, one Albacore and one unidentified monoplane as severely damaged, and a lot of material and trucks as destroyed. British fighters during the attack didn't hit, only on the flight back, the Italians met with two P-40s, attacked them, and one claimed as damaged.

Another success D'Agostinis scored 2. September, when he led 18 Mckee 10° Gruppo on a free hunt. The italians encountered at a height of 7000 m over the area of Bir Mseilikh on the three formations of british bombers. The two consisted of eighteen Bostonů, accompanied by twenty Spitfires and one of the twelve Bostonů, accompanied by fifteen Spitfires and P-40. In
nastálém fight the Italians claimed 1 Boston and 6 Spitfires as shot down, while they themselves lost one aircraft. One Spitfire shot down and DAgostinis.

The next day, At 11.40 pm Maggiore D'Agostinis started at the head of thirteen aircraft 10° Gruppo, on the other "free hunting" southeast of El Alamein. Here the Italians encountered the twelve "Hurribomberů" accompanied by ten P-40, and twelve Bostonů accompanied by ten P-40's and eight Spitfires. The italians the British immediately attacked and DAgostinis he scored one of the two downed Built, the further the Italians claimed one Hurricane, and a "probable" Boston.

After the battle of El Alamein, however, the Axis forces began to retreat. At the beginning of December was 10° Gruppo withdrawn back to Italy; between the last started 12. December the commander of the Gruppo Maggiore D'Agostinis. During the period from January 1942 to January 1943, the pilots of 4° Stormo departed 7202 operational hours, took part in 133 combats, claimed 289 aircraft destroyed (a total of 501 from the beginning of the war) and lost 24 of the fallen or
missing, 2 captured and 29 were injured.

After a lapse of the necessary time to rest 24. February 1943 the pilots of 10° Gruppo moved at the airport in Bresso, to the unit again reorganized once again under the command of Maggiore D Agostinise. In April, the Gruppo included in the air defense of Rome, however, 20. June 1943, Maggiore D'Agostinis handed over command of the 10° Gruppo to captain Franco Lucchinimu and took over the staff function at the headquarters of the Regia Aeronautica.
D'Agostinis ended the war with 3 single wins and the other 15 in cooperation with (two of the probable).

Conclusion



During his active career he was decorated three Silver medals for gallantry (Medaglie d'argento al valore militar), one a War worthy cross (Croce al merito di guerra), one Commemorative medal of the Spanish campaign (Medaglia commemorativa Della campagna di Spagna) and one Meritorious medal for volunteers of the Spanish campaign (Medaglia di benemerenza per i volontari della guerra Spagna).

After the war he commanded in the rank of lieutenant colonel (Tenente Colonelo) 4° Stormo Caccia, armed with american P-51D Mustang. This function he held from the beginning of the year 1948 to December 1949. In the period from September 1951 to January 1954 then commanded the 3° Stormo, armed with machine Lockheed P-38/F-5.

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Table of kills:



     
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128. 8. 1936- / the bay of Puerto Cristo.62Destroyedthe Fiat CR.32 / Squadriglia Mussolinirepublican With.62 forced to an emergency landing on the water; Capitano, Jose Maria Freire killed, Capitano Fernando Beneito saved. Aircraft granted as ruined, in fact only damaged and later salvaged by the republican ship Mar Negro
31. 5. 1937- / MallorcaPotez 540destroyed from 1/3 in cooperationthe Fiat CR.32 / Squadriglia Mussolinipilot Jan Mandies survived as the only one of the crew
4. 8. 194016.50 / Ridotta CapuzzoGloster Gladiatordestroyed in cooperationthe Fiat CR.42 / 91. Squadriglia
4. 8. 194016.50 / Ridotta CapuzzoGloster Gladiatordestroyed in cooperationthe Fiat CR.42 / 91. Squadriglia
4. 8. 194016.50 / Ridotta CapuzzoBristol Blenheimdestroyed in cooperationthe Fiat CR.42 / 91. Squadriglia
4. 8. 194016.50 / Ridotta CapuzzoBristol Blenheimdestroyed in cooperationthe Fiat CR.42 / 91. Squadriglia
4. 8. 194016.50 / Ridotta CapuzzoBristol Blenheimdestroyed in cooperationthe Fiat CR.42 / 91. Squadriglia
4. 8. 194016.50 / Ridotta CapuzzoGloster Gladiatorprobably destroyed in cooperationthe Fiat CR.42 / 91. Squadriglia
4. 8. 194016.50 / Ridotta CapuzzoGloster Gladiatorprobably destroyed in cooperationthe Fiat CR.42 / 91. Squadriglia
8. 8. 194018.00 / Gabr SalehGloster Gladiatordestroyed from the 1/7 in cooperationthe Fiat CR.42 / 91. Squadriglia
8. 8. 194018.00 / Gabr SalehGloster Gladiatordestroyed from the 1/7 in cooperationthe Fiat CR.42 / 91. Squadriglia
8. 8. 194018.00 / Gabr SalehGloster Gladiatordestroyed from the 1/7 in cooperationthe Fiat CR.42 / 91. Squadriglia
11. 9. 1940- / Sidi Omar - BardiaBristol Blenheimdestroyed from 1/19 in cooperationthe Fiat CR.42 / 91. Squadriglia
14. 9. 194011.00 / SollumBristol Blenheimdestroyed from the 1/15 in cooperationthe Fiat CR.42 / 91. Squadriglia
28. 2. 1942 - / AleksandrovkaI-26destroyed from 1/10 in cooperationMckee C.200 / 22. GruppoI-26 was the Italian label for As-1
28. 2. 1942- / AleksandrovkaI-26destroyed from 1/10 in cooperationMckee C.200I-26 was the Italian label for As-1
22. 9. 1942- / Bir MseilikhSupermarine SpitfiredestroyedMckee C.202 / 10. Gruppo
33. 9. 1942- / JV from El AlamejnCurtiss P-40destroyedMckee C.202 / 10. Gruppo
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