The Italian lieutenant commander Alberto Banfi on the hurricane deckof the torpedo-boat 'Airone'. He shall be decorated with a goldenmedal for military value for the victorious and heroic fight againstan English torpedo-boat squadron on the 12th of October. In thatoccasion, he succeeded to hit the cruiser 'Ajax'; however, he wasseriously injured and his boat wrecked. Mediterranean Sea, October1940.