Admirals Cavagnari, Riccardi, De Courten bio/photo request

[Spirow Ewes]

Does anyone have pics of italian admirals:

-Domenico Cavagnari
-Arturo Riccardi
-Raffaelle De Courten

Any biography of these men will also help!

[AJK]

Hi Spirow,

Here are brief bios of the Admirals:

Ammiraglio di Armata Domenico CAVAGNARI (20 Jul 1876 - 2 Nov 1966)
1928 - 1930: Commandant, La Spezia Naval Arsenal
1930 - 1932: Commandant, Naval Academy
1932 - 1933: Commander, 2. Division
1933 - 1940: Chief of Naval General Staff
1940 - 1942: President, Committee of Admirals

Ammiraglio di Squadra Raffaele Conte DE COURTEN (23 Sep 1888 - 23 Aug 1978)
1941 - 1942: Inspector of Submarines
1942 - 1943: Commander, 8. Division
1943: Commander, 7. Division
1943: Assistant Deputy Chief of Naval General Staff
1943 - 1945: Minister of the Navy & Chief of Naval General Staff

Ammiraglio di Armata Arturo RICCARDI, dei Conte nob. (30 Oct 1878 - 20 Dec 1966)
1932 - 1934: Commander, Naval Equipment Corps
1934 - 1935: Commander, 4. Division
1935 - 1937: Director-General of Naval Personnel
?: C-in-C, Naval Department of Upper Tyrrhenia
1938 - 1939: C-in-C, 1. Squadra & Commander, 5. Division
1940: President, Committee of Admirals
1940 - 1943: Chief of Naval General Staff

Photos can be found at the following websites:

Cavagnari: http://ww2photo.mimerswell.com/person/i ... avagna.htm
De Courten: http://www.marina.difesa.it/storia/csmm/decourten.htm
Riccardi: http://notes9.senato.it/W3/senatoridita ... enDocument
Cavagnari & Riccardi: http://www.exordio.com/1939-1945/milita ... moITA.html

Regards,

AJK