A flight engineer, he participates in war operations on the Mediterranean chessboard (11 June 1940-30 January 1941) and in northern Africa (30 January-14 December 1941) with the 157th Air-to-Ground Fighter Group (Trapani), the 96th Dive Bomber Group (Comiso) and the 236th Bombing Squadrilla. He dies in Monreale on 14 December 1941 in an airplane accident.