Antonio PARODI TORRE

Background

PARODI TORRE, Antonio was born on May 25, 1890 in San Martin, province of Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Education

Educated Colegio Militar, Escuela Superior de Guerra.

Career

Officer, aviator; professor, aerial tactics, navigation and flight theory, 1919-1922. Commandant, 1st pursuit squadron. President, commission to acquire aeronautics materiel in Europe, 1923-1926.

Head of group number 2, Paraná. Director, Escuela de Aplicación, 1927-1929. Secretary, bureau of aeronautics, 1929-1930.

Vice-president, acquisitions commission, 1936-1937. Director of aeronautics materiel, 1937-1938. Commandant, 1st aerial division, 1938, of army aviation, 1938-1941.

Military attaché, Argentine embassy, United States, 1942^15, France, 1945-1946. Officer, Légion d’Honneur, France. Cross 1st class, German Eagle.

Commander, Crown of Italy.

Connections

Father:

Angel Parodi

Mother:

Josefina Torre

Spouse:

María Celia Rigou

child:

María Teresa PARODI TORRE

child:

María Celia PARODI TORRE

child:

Marta Josefina PARODI TORRE

child:

María Beatriz PARODI TORRE