DUCE'S SON IN SPAIN
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Fighting There With Italian Air Squadron SECRET DEPARTURE
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(Received 7, 3.15 p.m.) LONDON, Oct. 7. Despite earlier denials, credence is still given to reports that Bruno Mussolini, II Duce 's eon, . on Oetober 5 accompanied an Italian air squadron to Spain. The Daily Mail's Rome correspondent says that Bruno 's squadron, commanded by Colonel Biseo, eomprises 12 new Savoia bombers, which are reputedly faster than auy fighters in existence. It is reportcd that the squadron bombed Barcelona on Oetober 1 and Valencia on Oetober 3. Air officials in Rome state that newe, of the departure of the squadron was kept from II Duce until the laet moment because Bruno feared that his father would object, but the niglxt before leaving Bruno phoned his liome. His mother strongly opposed the plan, but his father finally consented.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 12, 7 October 1937, Page 6
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