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Romolo Ticconi was born in Acuto, the Kingdom of Italy, on 25 March 1893.
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Ticconi was conscripted into military service on 21 August 1914, before Italy had entered World War I. On 16 December 1916, he was promoted to Caporal. On 20 September 1917, he was reported at the Italian aviation replacement depot as a Sergeant Pilot. On 27 January 1918, Ticconi joined a fighter squadron, 76a Squadriglia.
He scored his first aerial victory on 3 May 1918, when he helped shoot down an enemy two-seater craft.
On 24 May, he suffered an inflight fire in his cockpit that burned his right legal lieutenant was one of three flying accidents he would survive during the war.
On 7 July, Ticconi shared in one of Silvio Scaroni"s victories, but was not credited with another other one. Ticconi would strike twice more.
The next day, he shot down another enemy plane, for his final victory.
Ticconi would fight through war"s end, continuing to fly despite illness. On 21 November 1918, in the wake of war"s end, Ticconi transferred to 81a Squadriglia. On 26 August 1919, Romolo Ticconi was killed in a flying accident at Montecelio.
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