Rino Corso Fougier

Rino Corso Fougier (14 November 1894 – 24 April 1963) was a general of the Italian Royal Air Force.

From 1940 to 1941 he served as the commander of the Corpo Aereo Italiano which, in concert with the Luftwaffe, took part in the Battle of Britain.

On June 23, 1915, he was wounded by a mine during a reconnaissance mission to the quarries northwest of Seltz, but he continued to serve.

On May 20, 1917, he engaged in aerial combat with three Austrian fighters, including the Hansa-Brandenburg D.I of the Godwin Brumowski flying ace claiming the eighth victory, in collaboration with the ace Károly Kaszala (8 wins), over the Banjšice Plateau, with the plane out of order he was wounded twice and received another silver medal.

[clarification needed] From 2 December 1917 he commanded the 70th Fighter Squadron, flying the Hanriot HD.1, until January 1918.

On 14 September Fougier with Sergeant Adamo Bortolini, soldier Romeo Sartori and Lieutenant Enrico Rizzi shot down a hunting Albatros on Arsiè.

Between 29 December 1937 and 1 August 1938, he was inspector of schools and then commander of the 3rd Territorial Air Zone (ZAT) until 1 September 1939.

Between 10 September 1940 and 28 January 1941 he participated in the Battle of Britain in command of the Italian Air Corps in Belgium.