Italian Tornados in the Storm with "Puffo" (ep. 170) 

He's lucky to be alive.

Good of you to say.

@@FighterPilotPodcast these podcasts are without equal, really really. I never had the pleasure of serving in the military but my love of aviation has always been a strong one. I remember classic aircraft like the EE Lightning and McDD Phantom, and I often thought and still think, that you guys are very elite and very special, yet you are human and see yourselves as "doing a job". So listening to these stories and hearing first hand, what it was and is like, really puts you in the seat. So from this humble human, thanks for the amazing work you do.

Funny you should say so--the previous title, "Italian Tornados in the Storm," didn't seem to attract much attention.

@@FighterPilotPodcast I had a good book on British Tornados in the Gulf War. Great stories and pictures. Some of the nose art on them was hilarious!

Thank you for the kind feedback. Couldn't make this one so Crunch stepped in for me.

Thanks 🙏

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Prego.

We're bringing the Tomcast videos back on this channel this fall. The audio version remains available on all podcast players.

You’re welcome

Glad to hear it!

Boeing 737 I think he said...

He is flying cargo 737 in the USA… 🥲

Maurizio Cocciolone was his navigator on this mission

Quello che ho pensato anch’io, per questo ho messo in contatto il podcast con il generale

@@Dario_Valentini SEI UN GRANDE

Where to find more? I'd love to hear him talk more open and freely about his experiences. Especially the time around February - march after the building was destroyed. Wow 😮 He is very good talker and great to listen to. Do you know any videos with English? 🤞 I can not speak Italian sorry.. Grazie

@@cpzmelbs I’m sorry, but I think this is all you’ve got. It’s probably the most accurate and detailed interview on the Internet, between the Italian ones too, and those interviews are quite rare. I imagine every time he thinks about those days he gets some traumatic flashbacks, and personally I would talk about it as less as I could. All you can have are the cockpit voice recorder, but it’s in Italian. Still I think you could understand something, and because it is the public version it’s quite edited, there is no “contacting the AWACS part”, it goes directly from the air to air refueling to the bombing and ejection part. Also there is the WSO interview in captivity, and he speaks in English, so you can understand it.

@@TheFlyingPancakeReal Are there any other interesting stories about italian pilots post ww2 that non italians havent heard of?

The F-14 Tomcast season 1 will be re-run beginning in September.

@@FighterPilotPodcastCan’t wait for “season 2”! ;)

@@ryanhenderson4395 no current plans for that.

Better for the defeated side to have played by the rules when the victors decide post-war consequences.

@@FighterPilotPodcast As if you monsters wouldn't have starved a million Iraqis to death if they'd just treated you filth who came to kill them better.