WW1 Italian pilot ace's prancing horse

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Subject: WW1 Italian pilot ace's prancing horse
From: "Ferdinando Di Matteo" <[email protected]>
Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2001 15:42:13 -0400
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The question of how did Francesco Barracca die in WW1 came up after all 
these years.   It seems Francesco was the top Italian ace having scored 34
victories before an engine fire on takeoff made him crash.  His logo was the
prancing horse which was given, after he died by his wife to Enzo Ferrari
while he worked for A.L.F.A.   Ferrari used that logo on some of the famous
Alfa race cars.  To research now, was that an ALFA engine?  Fred Di Matteo
AROC Tech Advisor in Fort Myers, Florida 

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