Antonio Locatelli

Locatelli's 1918 Ansaldo A.1 Balilla aircraft, at the Museo storico di Bergamo

Antonio Locatelli (1895 - 1936) was an Italian aviator and journalist. He served in Gabriele d'Annunzio's air squadron during the war against Austria and was decorated. After the war he became a deputy to Parliament. In 1924 he attempted a transatlantic flight but was forced down into the seas off Greenland, whence he was rescued.

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