12 Facts About Ettore Muti

Ettore Muti was an Italian aviator and Fascist politician.

Ettore Muti was party secretary of the National Fascist Party from October 1939 until shortly after the entry of Italy into World War II on 10 June 1940.

At 15, a new attempt was successful, and Ettore Muti joined the famed Arditi.

Ettore Muti was rarely involved in fighting over Fiume, being more likely to engage in flamboyant stunts.

D'Annunzio told Ettore Muti: "You are the expression of Superhuman values, a weightless impetus, a boundless offering, a fistful of incense over the embers, the scent of a pure soul".

Ettore Muti's life remained adventurous: a womanizer and entertaining host, Muti cruised in speeding cars or on his Harley Davidson.

Ettore Muti escaped an assassination attempt carried out by a left-wing activist on 13 September 1927, but was shot twice in his abdomen and arm, as a result.

Ettore Muti led a squadron of bombers over Republican ports, winning several silver medals, and, in 1938, a Gold Medal of Military Valor.

Ettore Muti returned with the new moniker Cid alato and the prestigious Military Order of Savoy.

Ettore Muti was awarded this position based on the intervention of his friend Galeazzo Ciano.

However, Ettore Muti disliked this inactive duty, and profited from the outbreak of the war to return in the military.

Ettore Muti's name was given to an autonomous Police Legion stationed in Milan and to one of the most feared Black Brigades units.