Oreste Salomone

Machine-translated from the Italian article

Oreste Salomone (Capua, 20 September 1879 – Padua, 2 February 1918) was an Italian aviator and military officer who, as a pilot, was first awarded the Silver Medal of Military Valor in the Libyan War, and then the Gold Medal of Military Valor while still alive during the First World War. He was born in Capua on 20 September 1879, the son of Michele and Maria Giuseppa Valletta. On 2 September 1897 he enlisted as a volunteer in the Royal Italian Army, assigned to the 76th Infantry Regiment "Napoli", and shortly before his discharge he asked to remain in permanent active service.