Mario Zucali

Romeno, 1897-Malpensa, 1918

World War I: Fighters

An engineering student and irredentist volunteer with the nom de guerre ‘Mario Pelosi’, he enlists in the aviator units on 4 August 1917 and achieves the rank of second lieutenant. He dies on 7 October 1918 when his plane crashes near the Malpensa airport.