Interview with multiple Pippo eyewitnesses. Two
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Interview with multiple Pippo eyewitnesses. Two
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Multiple testimonies with Pippo eyewitnesses in Northern Italy.
- 02:21 Dorothy Francesca, born 1940, recalls night flights by an American aircraft called Pippo and retell a children’s nursery rhyme about it.
02:26 - 08:35 Maria Onzata, born 1923, recalls the distinctive sound, terror and experiences of Pippo the aircraft which flew overhead on nights in 1944 and 1945.
08:45 - 10:35 min Ermanno remembers his experiences of an aircraft, Pippo, which flew at night during the war and bombed where it saw lights on.
10:35 - 18:05 Maria Carolo was approximately 16 years old in 1943-45. She remembers incidents of aircraft Pippo bombing people she knew, during night flights near Montebello, Vicenza; and the destruction of Tesina bridge.
18:10 - 27:10 Lucia Muraro, born 1917, remembers aircraft, Pippo, flying low at night and Germans who forced them to turn off a small light. She recalls Allies, not Pippo, bombed the Fontaniva bridge on the Brenta river and that Pippo never killed people.
27:11 - Irene, born 1914 remembers a nursery rhyme and experiences of an aircraft, Pippo, which she was afraid of. It flew slowly during the evening and at night.
- 02:21 Dorothy Francesca, born 1940, recalls night flights by an American aircraft called Pippo and retell a children’s nursery rhyme about it.
02:26 - 08:35 Maria Onzata, born 1923, recalls the distinctive sound, terror and experiences of Pippo the aircraft which flew overhead on nights in 1944 and 1945.
08:45 - 10:35 min Ermanno remembers his experiences of an aircraft, Pippo, which flew at night during the war and bombed where it saw lights on.
10:35 - 18:05 Maria Carolo was approximately 16 years old in 1943-45. She remembers incidents of aircraft Pippo bombing people she knew, during night flights near Montebello, Vicenza; and the destruction of Tesina bridge.
18:10 - 27:10 Lucia Muraro, born 1917, remembers aircraft, Pippo, flying low at night and Germans who forced them to turn off a small light. She recalls Allies, not Pippo, bombed the Fontaniva bridge on the Brenta river and that Pippo never killed people.
27:11 - Irene, born 1914 remembers a nursery rhyme and experiences of an aircraft, Pippo, which she was afraid of. It flew slowly during the evening and at night.
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“Interview with multiple Pippo eyewitnesses. Two,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed September 14, 2026, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/collections/document/27862.