Antonio Locatelli, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Antonio Locatelli

Italian pilot

Date of Birth: 19-Apr-1895

Place of Birth: Bergamo, Lombardy, Italy

Date of Death: 27-Jun-1936

Profession: politician, aircraft pilot

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Antonio Locatelli (19 April 1895, Bergamo - 27 June 1936, Nekemte, Ethiopia) was a pioneering Italian aviator and National Fascist Party legislator.
He served in Gabriele d'Annunzio's air squadron during the war against Austria and was decorated.
After the war he became a deputy to Parliament.
In 1924 he attempted a transatlantic flight but was forced down into the seas off Greenland, whence he was rescued.
He was killed during the Italo-Ethiopian War.