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Bruno Mussolini, Son of Italian Leader Benito Mussolini, in Flying Cap Sitting in the Cockpit of Biplane, 1937. Spanish Civil War. 'A strange kind of war - modern and yet curiously amateur. For, let's face it, most who fought in it were amateurs - self-taught in the hard school of urgent, violent battle. But not all amateurs, for this war was a testing ground for professionals too. Wasn't young Bruno Mussolini flying for Franco?'. On 7 August 1941, the 23-year-old Mussolini, commander of the 274a Squadriglia (274th Squadron), was flying near the San Giusto Airport in Pisa, when he crashed and was killed. From "Time To Remember - Sense Of Values", 1937 (Reel 2); documentary film about the events of 1937, war in the Far East, build up to war in Europe. (Colorised black and white still)