After enlisting in the Royal Italian Army as an artillery officer, he was transferred to the aviators battalion, as an airplane observer, shortly after the Kingdom of Italy entered World War I, on 24 May 1915.

He led his units during the battle of Malaga in February 1937 and the battle of Guadalajara in March, but shortly afterwards he came into conflict with the commander of the Corpo Truppe Volontarie, General Mario Roatta, due to the constant interference of the latter on the use of aviation during war operations; on 6 May 1937 he wrote a letter on the matter to the Chief of Staff of the Regia Aeronautica, General Giuseppe Valle, but his message was also transmitted to Roatta, who reacted violently and on 30 April ordered him to give him a complete copy of the message he had sent to Rome.

In May 1937 he was then dismissed and replaced by General Mario Bernasconi at the head of the Aviazione Legionaria, assuming command of the Italian air units stationed in the Balearic Islands.

[7][8][9][10][11][12][13][1][14][15] After returning to Italy, on 6 July 1939 he assumed command of the 1st Ground Fighter Division "Aquila", based in Palermo and belonging to the 2nd Air Fleet of General Gennaro Tedeschini Lalli.

[16][3][17] After the end of the Second World War he retired to private life; he was one of the founding members of the Rotary Club of Macerata, and died in Rome on June 5, 1965.