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Italo Balbo (1896-1940), Fascist politician & aviator
Born in Ravenna, Balbo was one of the leaders of the Fascist Party in Italy.
As the Minister of the Air Force and an aviator himself, Balbo led some transatlantic flights. The Crociera del Decennale featured the so-called "Italian Air Armada." From 1 July to 12 August 1933, twenty-four seaplanes flew round-trip from Rome to the Century of Progress in Chicago, Illinois. Chicago renamed staged a great parade in his honor and so did New York. Balbo featured on Time magazine, 26 June 1933, and President Franklin Roosevelt invited him to lunch and presented him with the Distinguished Flying Cross. The Italian-American populations welcomed Balbo as a hero.
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