Francesco Pricolo

Francesco Pricolo
Undersecretary for the Air Force
In office 31 October 1939 – 15 November 1941
President	Benito Mussolini
Preceded by	Giuseppe Valle
Succeeded by	Rino Corso Fougier
Personal details
Born	(1891-01-30)30 January 1891 Grumento Nova, Kingdom of Italy
Died	14 October 1980(1980-10-14) (aged 89) Rome, Italy
Alma mater	Military Academy of Modena Scuola di applicazione di artiglieria of Turin
Profession	Military officer
Military service
Allegiance	Kingdom of Italy
Branch/service	Regio Esercito Regia Aeronautica
Rank	Generale di divisione aerea
Commands	airship Norge Airship wing 21º Stormo 1ª Brigata Aerea da Bombardamento 2ª Zona Aerea Territoriale (Z.A.T.) 2ª Squadra aerea Chief of Staff of the Air Force
Battles/wars	Italo-Turkish War World War I World War II

Francesco Pricolo (30 January 1891 in Grumento Nova – 14 October 1980 in Rome) was an Italian aviator.^[1] He was undersecretary of Italian Minister of Air Force (currently merged into the Minister of Defence) and the Chief of staff of the Italian Regia Aeronautica during the World War II (1939–1941).