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WW2, like happened to all the other seven pilots of his air force group (see combat group's photo). The reason: the
Italian airplanes were no match for the powerful airplanes ("Spitfires", etc..) of the English and -as he used to say- it was needed "suicidal courage" and not "normal courage" to engage in flight battles against the Allies with the "flying coffins", as were nicknamed the old Italian airplanes
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Pompeo D'Ambrosio after the end of WW2 used to tell that he was lucky when he was discharged from the Air Force, after a dive exercise with his fighting airplane in early 1940 that left his ears bleeding (and so no more apt for pilot): he used to say that he would have died in aerial combat during
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When the Banco Latino went bankrupt in 1994, Pompeo D'Ambrosio received an outstanding applause (appeared on all the
Venezuelan media) from the "Association of Employees of the Latino Bank", during a conference denouncing the corruption of Tinoco and his group (Siro Febres Cordero, etc..).
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Santander Laya-Garrido cites him, in his book "Los
Italianos forjadores de la nacionalidad y del desarrollo económico en Venezuela" (The Italians creators of the nationality and the economic development of Venezuela), as an example of honesty and dedication to the community.
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He was even co-founder of the "Casa de Italia" and the "Centro Italo-Venezolano" of
Caracas, and participated in many other associations for the health and social assistance of the Italians with a low-level income. He even promoted the diffusion of the
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The sixties were the "golden" years of the
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Indeed, between 1961 and 1972, every year, the
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In the late 1930s he was a pilot of the
Italian Air Force, but an accident forced him to be discharged from aerial service and so he became a lieutenant of the Italian Army in 1940:
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as "the best football team of Venezuela in the XX century". Those years, when he ruled the team with his brother Mino, are remembered as the
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who distinguished himself helping the Jews during the
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509:. Colección Claroscuro. Caracas, 2006.
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475:Un Sueño llamado Deportivo Petare
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437:BANKING: WE'RE ALL GOING TO PAY
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