Gennaro Tedeschini Lalli

Gennaro Tedeschini Lalli (Ficulle, 22 November 1889 – Rome, 15 March 1948) was an Italian Air Force general during World War II.

After enlisting in the Royal Italian Army, he participated as an infantry lieutenant in the Italo-Turkish war, fighting in Libya, where he earned a Bronze Medal of Military Valor.

During the First World War he initially fought as an infantry officer and later joined the Army Air Service, being assigned to airships.

[3][1][6][7][8][5] In the first months of 1943 he expressed his doubts about the morale of the cadres of the Regia Aeronautica, with the exception of young pilots, to the Chief of Staff of the Royal Air Force, General Rino Corso Fougier.

[3][1][9] After the Armistice of Cassibile he remained in Allied-controlled territory, and in November 1943 he was appointed president and Delegate of the Administration of the Italian Company for Civil Aviation, the former Ala Littoria.