ARDITO/LINCE CASUALTY LISTS

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ARDITO/LINCE CASUALTY LISTS

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Post by IANHULKMCLEOD » 08 Feb 2021, 01:53

HI EVERYONE
ANY INFORMATION! APPARENTLY 50% WERE CASUALTIES WHEN THE LINCE WAS DAMAGED ON THE 27/11/1942 AND ANY OFFICERS INVOLVED?
REGARDING THE ARDITO 70 WERE KILLED ON THE 09/09/1943 AND 11K ON THE 23/11/1942
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Post by LColombo » 08 Feb 2021, 12:16

For Lince the Navy lists do not list any crew member killed or missing on or around 27 November 1942.

For Ardito, only two deaths are listed on 23 November 1942 and fifteen on or around 9 September 1943. None are officers.

23/11/42
Bruno Gatto, marinaio cannoniere, from Venice, killed
Ferruccio Inguscio, sottocapo S.D.T., from Ruffano, killed

9/9/43
Ezio Bianchini, sottocapo meccanico, from Arezzo, missing
Giovanni Colarusso, sottocapo cannoniere, from San Marco dei Cavoti, killed
Giuseppe Cossu, sottocapo cannoniere, from Arzachena, killed
Antonino Crino, marinaio, from Messina, missing
Oscar Fontana, marinaio cannoniere, from Ferrara, killed
Edoardo Forti, capo cannoniere di terza classe, from Roverè della Luna, killed
Ciro Gagliano, sottocapo radiotelegrafista, from Naples, missing
Antonio Galli, marinaio, from Genoa, killed
Elio Guglielmi, sottocapo radiotelegrafista, from Pisa, missing
Antonio Izzo, sottocapo elettricista, from Cautano, killed
Alfeo Pavan, marinaio cannoniere, from Fiume Veneto, killed
Settimo Pittalist, marinaio fuochista, from Porto Torres, missing
Alfredo Repetto, marinaio cannoniere, from Genoa, missing
Vittorio Roselli, marinaio meccanico, from Capodimonte, killed
Aldo Zanolini, capo nocchiere di terza classe, from Rome, killed


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Re: ARDITO/LINCE CASUALTY LISTS

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Post by IANHULKMCLEOD » 10 Feb 2021, 21:30

Hello Sir
thanks again what information have you on the Nicolosa Da Recco casualties apparently 118 were killed/ how many were wounded any officers involved?
Regarding the Ardito/ Lince any officers wounded if known?
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Post by LColombo » 10 Feb 2021, 22:41

For Nicoloso (not Nicolosa) Da Recco you are lucky, I have the memoirs of her commanding officer at the time (Aldo Cocchia) who names nearly all his officers and mentions their fates:

Captain Aldo Cocchia, commanding officer – seriously wounded (badly burned, he spent several months in hospital and later recovering, effectively ending his active service), awarded a MOVM
Lieutenant Commander Pietro Riva, executive officer – uninjured
Lieutenant Commander Gian Luigi Sironi, squadron assistant – not sure, probably uninjured (note: he died in the sinking of Roma on 9 September 1943)
Lieutenant (E) Cesare Petroncelli, chief engineer – uninjured
Lieutenant Alfredo Zambrini, communications officer – died of wounds (badly burned, he died at the Torrebianca hospital in Trapani on 14 December 1942), posthumously awarded a MOVM
Lieutenant Salvatore Tivegna, torpedo officer – killed
Sub-Lieutenant Giuseppe Sciangula, fire control officer – seriously wounded (burns)
Sub-Lieutenant Giorgio Ascheri, navigation officer – seriously wounded (burns)
Sub-Lieutenant Renato Federigi, administration corps/paymaster (tenente commissario) – killed
Ensign Goffredo Giusfredi, trainee navigation officer - killed
Midshipman Giampaolo Coato - killed

No engineering officers are mentioned besides Petroncelli, but I presume there must have been at least some subordinates who however are not mentioned by Cocchia.

According to the USMM book “La difesa del traffico” the killed or wounded were: five officers, fifteen NCOs, 98 ratings. According to Cocchia, altogether there were about sixty wounded, most of them with burns. Do you need the full list of those killed?

No information about officers wounded on Lince or Ardito.
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Post by IANHULKMCLEOD » 11 Feb 2021, 00:46

HELLO SIR(COLOMBO)
absolutely outstanding! and yes please concerning those killed.
Best regards Ian
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Post by LColombo » 11 Feb 2021, 02:17

Name's Lorenzo.

I will post the full list of Da Recco's killed tomorrow, it is quite long so it will take some time to write it down.

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Post by LColombo » 11 Feb 2021, 13:48

Here it is

Alfredo Armoni, marinaio, killed
Pietro Artoni, marinaio, missing
Giuseppe Balzano, sergente carpentiere, missing
Alberto Barbara, marinaio radiotelegrafista, missing
Giovanni Barlassina, marinaio elettricista, missing
Luigi Batisti, sottocapo silurista, killed
Zergo Beghetto, marinaio cannoniere, missing
Geremia Benedetti, marinaio cannoniere, missing
Sergio Bernasconi, marinaio fuochista, missing
Guido Berton, sottocapo radiotelegrafista, missing
Luigi Bodei, marinaio fuochista, missing
Trento Calarco, sergente cannoniere, missing
Aniello Calentano, marinaio, missing
Giovanni Cambio, marinaio, missing
Gennaro Carpagnano, marinaio S.D.T., missing
Ettore Carraro, marinaio cannoniere, missing
Albano Casagni, marinaio fuochista, missing
Francesco Casamassima, marinaio elettricista, killed
Ettore Casenghi, marinaio cannoniere, missing
Aldo Casson, marinaio, missing
Felice Catania, marinaio cannoniere, killed
Francesco Catalano, marinaio cannoniere, missing
Gio… (Giorgio? Giovanni?) Cecconi/Covacich, marinaio cannoniere, missing
Giovanni Celona, marinaio, missing
Bruno Cilia, sergente motorista, missing
Domenico Cioe, marinaio cannoniere, killed
Giampaolo Coato, aspirante guardiamarina, missing
Luigi Battista Cornaro, marinaio fuochista, missing
Carmelo Cosoli, marinaio fuochista, missing
Carmelo Crea, sergente S.D.T., missing
Clemente Crisci, marinaio cannoniere, missing
Nicola Criscitello, marinaio cannoniere, missing
Umberto Cursi, capo S.D.T. di terza classe, missing
Adriano Defabiani, marinaio elettricista, killed
Angelo Del Barba, marinaio fuochista, missing
Silvio Del Greco, sottocapo segnalatore, missing
Giovanni Della Cioppa, sergente cannoniere, missing
Giuseppe Di Fiore, marinaio elettricista, killed
Raffaele Di Lella, marinaio segnalatore, killed
Armando Doni, marinaio silurista, killed
Giovanni Fancellu, marinaio, killed
Renato Federigi, tenente commissario, missing
Ferruccio Fenoglio, marinaio fuochista, killed
Angelo Ferrari, marinaio segnalatore, missing
Aureliano Ferrari, marinaio S.D.T., missing
Antonio Ficara, marinaio cannoniere, missing
Luciano Franco Carlevero, marinaio motorista, missing
Ulderico Gasperini, sergente cannoniere, killed
Manlio Giacopinelli, marinaio fuochista, missing
Pasquale Gialluisi, capo radiotelegrafista di terza classe, missing
Antonio Giannattasio, marinaio cannoniere, killed
Antonio Giannuzzi, sottocapo elettricista, missing
Rosario Giunta, marinaio, missing
Goffredo Giusfredi, guardiamarina, missing
Giuseppe Greco, marinaio S.D.T., missing
Domenico Guarnieri, marinaio fuochista, missing
Edoardo Istruiti, sottocapo radiotelegrafista, missing
Armando Landrisci, sottocapo, missing
Antonio Laprovitera, secondo capo furiere, missing
Massimo Maddalena, marinaio cannoniere, missing
Francesco Malatesta, secondo capo meccanico, killed
Paolo Mallarini, marinaio nocchiere, killed
Franco Ireneo Mattarucco, sottocapo motorista, missing
Ciro Mazzella, marinaio, missing
Saverio Memmolo, sottocapo cannoniere, missing
Ennio Morichi, marinaio cannoniere, missing
Carmelo Napolitano, sottocapo cannoniere, missing
Francesco Nastasi, marinaio fuochista, killed
Antonio Nasti, marinaio cannoniere, missing
Giorgio Natale, sergente elettricista, missing
Mario Novotny, marinaio S.D.T., killed
Giulio Nuzzo, sottocapo S.D.T., missing
Francesco Parodi, marinaio fuochista, killed
Ugo Paron, marinaio elettricista, missing
Faustino Pederzini, marinaio fuochista, killed
Tullio Pesenti Barili, marinaio fuochista, missing
Fernando Petrillo, marinaio S.D.T., killed
Domenico Petrone, sottocapo nocchiere, missing
Giuseppe Pianezzola, marinaio cannoniere, missing
Giovanni Piergallina, marinaio silurista, missing
Agostino Pietrini, marinaio elettricista, killed
Alberto Pofi, marinaio S.D.T., missing
Giuseppe Poliseri, marinaio, missing
Giuseppe Politi, marinaio cannoniere, missing
Luigi Pontiggia, marinaio torpediniere, missing
Luciano Ponzone, marinaio elettricista, missing
Biagio Priori, marinaio furiere, killed
Sebastiano Raimondo, sottocapo meccanico, missing
Martino Redaelli, marinaio fuochista, missing
Renato Remic, marinaio cannoniere, missing
Vito Riccardi, capo segnalatore di terza classe, missing
Giusto Riosa, marinaio fuochista, missing
Bernardino Rocchi, marinaio nocchiere, killed
Vincenzo Romagnuolo, marinaio nocchiere, missing
Antonio Rosati, secondo capo cannoniere, missing
Antonio Rossi, marinaio cannoniere, missing
Armando Ruffoli, sottocapo S.D.T., missing
Mario Ruggero, marinaio motorista, missing
Carmelo Santo, sottocapo cannoniere, missing
Mario Sassu, sottocapo furiere, missing
Raffaele Sauli, marinaio radiotelegrafista, missing
Ramiro Scalmati, marinaio fuochista, missing
Angelo Scotellaro, sottocapo cannoniere, missing
Dario Sforza, marinaio S.D.T., killed
Raffaele Stasio, marinaio fuochista, missing
Dino Tanghetti, marinaio cannoniere, killed
Salvatore Tivegna, tenente di vascello, killed
Alfredo Tosi, marinaio fuochista, missing
Gennaro Troia, marinaio, missing
Antonio Vanni, marinaio, missing
Antonio Vedani, capo nocchiere di terza classe, missing
Donato Verrico, marinaio radiotelegrafista, died (6/12/42, likely of wounds)
Pierino Versi, sergente infermiere, missing
Mario Vitti, sottocapo furiere, died of wounds 1.1.1943
Carmine Zaccaria, marinaio cannoniere, killed
Alfredo Zambrini, tenente di vascello, died of wounds 14.12.1942
Roberto Zonta, marinaio, missing

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Re: ARDITO/LINCE CASUALTY LISTS

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Post by IANHULKMCLEOD » 12 Feb 2021, 01:55

HELLO LORENZO
THANKS AGAIN YOUR BRILLIANT NEED ANY CASUALTY LISTINGS FOR AUSTRALIANS, BRITISH, DUTCH, NEW ZEALAND CRUISERS AND DESTROYERS AND BELOW FOR INFORMATION JUST ASK.
BEST REGARDS IAN

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