Balbo, Italo

Italian aviator, blackshirt leader

1896 - Born on the 6th of June in in Quartesana, near Ferrara, Italy.

1923 - Charged with the murder of anti-fascist parish priest Giuseppe Minzoni in Argenta.

1924 - Fled to Rome, and became General Commander of the Fascist militia.

1925 - He served as undersecretary for National Economy.

1926 - Appointed Secretary of State for Air.

1928 - He became General of the Air Force.

1929 - Served as Minister of the Air Force.

1933 - Appointed governor general of Italian-held Libya.

Visited Rome to express his displeasure with Mussolini's support for Hitler.

1940 - Killed on 28th of June while on a reconnaissance flight on top of Italian positions in Tobruk, Libya.