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Hello from France,

 

An exhibition occured in the great theater of Bordeaux in 1941 ... This was inaugurated by the "comandante ROSSI" ... But who was exactly this man ?

 

Informations are welcome !

 

Thank you in advance

 

 

Una mostra nel grande teatro di Bordeaux nel 1941 ... Questo è stato inaugurato dal "comandante ROSSI" ... Ma chi era questo uomo?
Le informazioni sono benvenute!
Grazie in anticipo
Le informazioni sono benvenute!
Grazie in anticipo
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May he have been Carlo Rossi? There was an officer with this name, born in Genoa in 1901. During WWII he was initially a Lieutenant Commander (Capitano di Corvetta) attached as observer to Air Force units in Libya, and later (1941) a Commander (Capitano di Fregata) in command of the destroyers Giovanni Da Verrazzano and Lanzerotto Malocello. He survived the sinking of Da Verrazzano (19 October 1942) but died in the sinking of Malocello, on 24 March 1943. Awarded four M.A.V.M. and three M.B.V.M. for his wartime service.

 

However Rossi is literally the first most common surname in Italy, so there may have been other commanders with the same name...

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