Flavio Baracchini

Flavio Torello Baracchini
Flavio Baracchini in Uniform
Born	28 July 1895 Villafranca in Lunigiana, Kingdom of Italy
Died	18 August 1928 (1928-08-19) (aged 33) Rome, Kingdom of Italy
Allegiance	Kingdom of Italy
Service / branch	Corpo Aeronautico Militare
Years of service	ca 1915–1918
Rank	Tenente (Lieutenant)
Unit	7a Squadriglia/26a Squadriglia, 81a Squadriglia, 76a Squadriglia
Awards	Gold Medal of Military Valor
Other work	Died while developing munitions for aviators

Lieutenant Flavio Torello Baracchini (Italian pronunciation: [ˈflaːvjo barakˈkiːni]) was an Italian World War I fighter ace credited with 21 confirmed and nine unconfirmed aerial victories. His confirmed victory total ranked him fourth among Italian aces of the war.^[1]

After the war he worked as an inventor, working in the areas of aviation communications and explosives. He died in 1928 as a result of injuries that he received during an accident in his laboratory.