| Guido Nardini | |
|---|---|
| Born | 30 July 1881 Florence, Italy |
| Died | 26 January 1928 Ciampino, Italy |
| Allegiance | Italy |
| Service/branch | Aviation |
| Rank | Sergente |
| Unit | 75a Squadriglia, 78a Squadriglia, 91a Squadriglia |
| Awards | 2 Bronze awards of Medal for Military Valor |
Sergente Guido Nardini was a World War I flying ace credited with six aerial victories.[1]
Nardini opened his victory skein flying a Nieuport 10 on 27 June 1916, when he, Alessandro Buzio, and a couple of other pilots shot down an enemy airplane over Verona. He would not score again for a year; he then used a Nieuport 17 to score on 14 June 1917.[2] A month later, he shot down his third victim, on 18 July. Again, there was a long lapse, until he and Francesco Baracca jointly downed a Hansa-Brandenburg C.I on 3 May 1918. Two weeks later, Nardini, Gastone Novelli, and Cesare Magistrini ganged up on the Albatros D.III of Franz Gräser over Pero, and Nardini was a live ace and Gräser a dead one. A month later, on 15 June 1918, after three years of combat, Nardini rounded out his list with a solo victory over another Albatros D.III.[3][4]
Nardini served throughout war's end and beyond,[5] until he was killed by a malfunctioning parachute on 26 January 1928.[6]
SPAD XII/XIII aces of World War I. Jon Guttman. Osprey Publishing, 2002. ISBN. 1841763160, 9781841763163.