Bob Spidell wrote:
> Correct (forgot how easy it is to find things on the 'net ;).
>
> >From AOPA Pilot, March 2009:
>
> "... Baracca's aircraft could always be recognized by the rearing black
> horse that he painted on the fuselage...
> on June 18, 1918 he was shot down and his body found several days later,
> a bullet hole in his head and a pistol in his hand. It was suspected
> that he killed himself rather than die in the crash or be taken
> prisoner...Ferrari added (the yellow background) because it was symbolic
> of his birthplace, Modena."
>
> bs
>
>
> Richard Ewald wrote:
>> I knew the answer, but not the details, so Wiki to the rescue
>> "On June 17, 1923, Enzo Ferrari won a race at the Savio
>> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savio> track in Ravenna
>> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ravenna> where he met the Countess
>> Paolina, mother of Count Francesco Baracca
>> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesco_Baracca>, an ace of the
>> Italian air force <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeronautica_Militare>
>> and national hero of World War I
>> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I>, who used to paint a horse
>> on the side of his planes. The Countess asked Enzo to use this horse
>> on his cars, suggesting that it would bring him good luck."
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