Pietro de Cristofaro
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| Born |
1 September 1900 Naples, Campania, Italy |
| Died | 16 April 1941 (aged 40) Mediterranean Sea |
| Allegiance |
 Kingdom of Italy
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| Service/branch |
 Regia Marina
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| Years of service | 1914–1941 |
| Rank | Capitano di Fregata (Commander) |
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Pietro De Cristofaro (September 1, 1900 – April 16, 1941) was an Italian naval officer during World War II.
Pietro De Cristofaro was born in Naples in 1900 and entered the Italian Naval Academy in Livorno on September 17, 1914. He graduated in 1919 with the rank of Ensign (during the First World War he was embarked on the cruiser Flavio Gioia, used as a training ship). He was promoted to Sub-Lieutenant on March 17, 1921 and to Lieutenant three years later. After a series of assignments on various ships, on August 27, 1927 he was seriously injured in a plane crash near Fiume, while he was serving as an observer on a Savoia-Marchetti S.59 bis seaplane of the 188th Maritime Reconnaissance Squadron. After recovering from his wounds, from March 1928 to April 1929 he commanded the Rome Detachment of the C.R.E.M. (Corpo Regi Equipaggi Marittimi, Royal Naval Crews Corps).
From April 1929 to February 1931 De Cristofaro was an aide to the Prince of Piedmont; on 1 December 1932 he was promoted to Lieutenant Commander and given command of the destroyer Luca Tarigo and then of the torpedo boat Cortellazzo; he also served, for a short time, as executive officer on the destroyer Daniele Manin. He was assigned to the office of the Chief of Staff of the Navy from September 1935 to June 1, 1937, then he was sent to Tripoli and assigned to the High Command of the Armed Forces in North Africa. Back in Italy, he was executive officer of the light cruiser Duca degli Abruzzi and then, in September 1939, he was attached to the Command of the 5th Air Squadron.
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