Furio Niclot Doglio

Furio Niclot Doglio, MOVM (24 April 1908 – 27 July 1942) was an Italian test pilot and World War II fighter pilot in the Regia Aeronautica. Doglio set nine world aviation records in the 1930s during his time as a test pilot. During the war, he claimed seven kills (six of them Spitfires), flying FIAT G. 50s and Macchi C. 202s, establishing himself as one of Italy’s aces. Doglio was killed in combat on 27 July 1942 during the Siege of Malta by George Beurling, who became Canada’s top ace of the war. He was awarded a Medaglia d’oro al Valor Militare alla memoria (Memorial Golden medal for military valour).