Guido Fibbia

When he was 17, he joined the Regia Aeronautica (Royal Air Force) and became Pilota militare (military pilot) of the Fiat C.R.20 on 31 January 1936 in Aviano.

When he arrived in Tablada (Seville), he was assigned to a newly formed squadron, the 33^ Squadriglia Autonoma Caccia bombardamento, equipped with Fiat C.R.32, flying over the Cordova front.

[6] In June 1943 he flew as a ferry pilot to transfer captured Dewoitine D.520 fighters from France to Italy, for Italian home defence.

At the end of August 1943, the Allied forces carried out massive air strikes over Rome with four-engine Boeing B-17 bombers ("Flying Fortresses"), escorted by Lockheed P-38 fighters.

After the Cassibile armistice, in December 1943, he joined the Aeronautica Nazionale Repubblicana,[9] where he was assigned to Squadriglia complementare d'allarme "Montefusco-Bonet" flying from Venaria Reale airfield in defence of the cities of northern Italy from the attacks of the Allied forces.

On 22 June, 1st and 2nd Gruppo, in the area between Bologna and Ferrara, attacked together 400 Consolidated B-24 Liberator escorted by 60 P-38 Lightning, which had as their target the station of Parma.

Flying with a Macchi C.205, he shot down one P-38 flown by Lieutenant Tolmie of the 97th Fighter Squadron (he bailed out and was taken prisoner) and damaged two, firing 400 rounds of 20mm ammunition.