Furio Niclot Doglio, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Italian flying ace
Date of Birth: 24-Apr-1908
Place of Birth: Turin, Piedmont, Italy
Date of Death: 27-Jul-1942
Profession: aircraft pilot
Zodiac Sign: Taurus 
About Furio Niclot Doglio
- Furio Niclot Doglio, MOVM (24 April 1908 – 27 July 1942) was an Italian test pilot and World War II fighter pilot in the Regia Aeronautica.
- Doglio set nine world aviation records in the 1930s during his time as a test pilot.
- During the war, he claimed seven kills (six of them Spitfires), flying FIAT G.
- 50s and Macchi C.
- 202s, establishing himself as one of Italy's aces.
- Doglio was killed in combat on 27 July 1942 during the Siege of Malta by George Beurling, who became Canada's top ace of the war.
- He was awarded a Medaglia d'oro al Valor Militare alla memoria (Memorial Golden medal for military valour).
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