Interview with multiple Pippo eyewitnesses. One
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Interview with multiple Pippo eyewitnesses. One
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- 4:31 Francesco Fabiasco recalls an aircraft, Pippo, dropping bombs, ‘explosive pens’, supplies and weapons on night flights, but did not witness it personally.
4:31 to 6:32 Giovanna Dalla Pietra remembers aircraft, Pippo, flying during daylight only and taking photographs. Giovanna recalls that Pippo did not shoot and was not an enemy. It stopped flying when the war ended.
6:32 - 12:57 Giuseppina Garda, born 1924, lived in Poianella and recalls experiences of aircraft, Pippo. She later admits having fabricated parts of these memories.
12:58 - 19:27 Antonia Borella, born 1932, lived in Bressanvido, Vicenza. She remembers an aircraft, Pippo, which flew alone at night during the war with a distinctive engine sound. Antonia recalls other people who witnessed Pippo dropping small ‘butterfly’ bombs, one of which fatally injured her cousin.
19:27 - 24:14 Franco Rastelli, a farmer born 1934 in Busseto, Parma recalls the distinctive sound of an aircraft, Pippo, which flew at night during the war. He describes people being afraid of Pippo – it dropped a bomb on a house in Busseto and killed a family.
24:15 - Italo Covo, born 1925, lived in Bolzano Vicentino, Vicenza and recalls an aircraft, Pippo, which flew at night and brought clothing supplies. It had a distinctive engine sound and was regarded as unthreatening.
4:31 to 6:32 Giovanna Dalla Pietra remembers aircraft, Pippo, flying during daylight only and taking photographs. Giovanna recalls that Pippo did not shoot and was not an enemy. It stopped flying when the war ended.
6:32 - 12:57 Giuseppina Garda, born 1924, lived in Poianella and recalls experiences of aircraft, Pippo. She later admits having fabricated parts of these memories.
12:58 - 19:27 Antonia Borella, born 1932, lived in Bressanvido, Vicenza. She remembers an aircraft, Pippo, which flew alone at night during the war with a distinctive engine sound. Antonia recalls other people who witnessed Pippo dropping small ‘butterfly’ bombs, one of which fatally injured her cousin.
19:27 - 24:14 Franco Rastelli, a farmer born 1934 in Busseto, Parma recalls the distinctive sound of an aircraft, Pippo, which flew at night during the war. He describes people being afraid of Pippo – it dropped a bomb on a house in Busseto and killed a family.
24:15 - Italo Covo, born 1925, lived in Bolzano Vicentino, Vicenza and recalls an aircraft, Pippo, which flew at night and brought clothing supplies. It had a distinctive engine sound and was regarded as unthreatening.
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“Interview with multiple Pippo eyewitnesses. One,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed March 8, 2026, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/collections/document/27861.