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The interviewee recalls wartime episodes in Cordenons and the Pordenone area. She mentions aircraft en route to Austrian targets contrasted by anti-aircraft fire, while she was taking shelter in a ditch, and remembers the bombings of Casarsa and the…

Luigi Cabrini describes his daily life in a rural community, stressing the labour-intensive nature of farming in wartime. He tells of Pippo bombing at night and reminisces about an interrupted schooling history in Pavia and Voghera, due to strafing,…

The interviewee recalls her wartime years at Cordenons, from the day the outbreak of the war was announced on the radio. She describes how she anticipated the air raid siren with a mixture of elation and fear, being somewhat eager to skip school. She…

Ken was a 456 Squadron Mosquito navigator. He initially joined the Army’s Victorian Scottish regiment but changed to the Royal Air force. He was selected to be a navigator and sailed to Canada. Ken did a course at Edmonton and was made an officer. He…

Giovanni Poletto and Fortunata Ferrara lived in Sesto San Giovanni, Milan but hailed from Veneto. Giovanni, a motorist from Padua with aviation knowledge, remembers seeing low flying Pippo with distinctive engine sounds, at night after the armistice.…

Talnudge 'Red' Simpson, a corporal serving 416th Fighter Squadron, trained in Madison, Wisconsin as a radio operator. After attending radar school, he trained on the Anson in Algeria and later performed patrol operations in Grottaglie, Italy. He…

- 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…

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…

L’intervistato è Mario Galardini, nato a Castel di Casio (BO) il 15 agosto 1923, consulente del lavoro. Interviene il fratello Raffaello, sono presenti Lory Galardini e Annalia Galardini. L’intervista è effettuata da Claudio Rosati presso la sua…

L’intervistata è Clara Dei, nata a Prato il 19 maggio 1927, insegnante elementare. Interviene l’amica Annalia Galardini. L’intervista è effettuata da Claudio Rosati a Pistoia, presso l’abitazione dell’informatrice, il 5 settembre 1983. La notte del…