Luigi Gorrini Autograph

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Picture	Item Title	Price	Store
	Luigi Gorrini signed autograph Italian WW II Ace 19 Kills RARE COA LOOK!!	$44.99
	Luigi Gorrini Signed Autographed 4x6 Photo WWII Fighter Pilot Regia Aeronautica	$149.99
	Luigi Gorrini Signed Autographed 4x6 Photo WWII Fighter Pilot Regia Aeronautica	$149.99

Gorrini came to North Africa as a member of 85a Squadriglia of 18° Gruppo C.T.. He shot down his first aircraft on 16 April 1941, over Derna, in Cyrenaica, Libya. While flying a CR.42 during a solo protection sortie, he intercepted two of the Bristol Beaufighters that had just arrived in the Mediterranean Theatre. Gorrini opened fire immediately before the two British aircraft reached the airstrip N 1 on Ftheja, where his 85ª Squadriglia was based. He shot the leading aircraft from a distance of 700-800 meters, landing hits on the right wingtip. While the second Beaufighter was taking evasive action, Gorrini closed to a distance of 250 meters hitting the first Bristol again. The British aircraft was by now very near to the Italian airstrip, so Gorrini strafed it a third time and the Beaufighter crashed just south of the airstrip. He was credited with a kill and a damaged and shot 1,100 rounds.

On 29 May, Gorrini intercepted two Blenheim bombers over Benghazi. He shot down one that fell just outside the city and shot all his remaining ammunition at the other Blenheim that managed to escape. Repatriated with his unit, on 29 August he was on Caselle Torinese airfield to start the training on the new monoplane fighters, the Fiat G.50 and Macchi C.200. Gorrini and the rest of 18° Gruppo moved lately on Mirafiori base and then to Ciampino Sud airfield, where the training on the G.50 and the C.200 came to an end on 10 December when his Gruppo flew with Macchi C.200s to Lecce and then to the new base of Araxos, in Greece. During the winter of 1941-42, he escorted convoys between Italy and Greece. On 17 December, in the air space around Argostoli port, in Kefalonia island, Gorrini intercepted two Bristol Blenheims, painted in black. He attacked the leading aircraft, hitting it repeatedly and then strafed the second. The two aircraft disappeared in the clouds and Gorrini was credited with a "probable" and a "damaged". Gorrini had no other chance to clash with the enemy and he flew back to Italy with his Gruppo, on 25 April 1942. Back in Italy, Gorrini and his fellow pilots were trained to fly the C.200 as a fighter bomber until mid-July. On 23 July, the 18° joined the 23° Gruppo on Abu Haggag base, in North Africa. There, Gorrini flew protection sorties for Axis ships and ground-attack missions. In October the 4° Stormo was moved back, it delivered his Macchi C. 202s to the 3°Stormo. "At last, with the Macchi 202 we had a competitive plane." On 2 January 1943, the whole 3° Stormo, now equipped with Macchi C.202s, took off to face two formations of Douglas DB.7 Bostons and B-25 Mitchells, escorted by Spitfires and P-40s. In the ensuing dogfight, Gorrini shot down an R.A.F. Curtiss P-40E Kittyhawk, that fell west of Sirte. He then damaged a Spitfire that was attacking another Macchi. Gorrini shot 880 bullets, but his aircraft had been hit: there were 12 holes in his fuselage. Nine days later, the whole 18° Gruppo was escorting C.200 fighter-bombers in action on British airfields in Uadi (or Wadi) Tamet area. Gorrini shot down a 92 RAF Squadron Spitfire and he damaged another from the squadron of the British ace Flying Officer Neville Duke, shooting 688 12.7mm bullets. His Gruppo was often tasked to strafe the advancing Allied columns or to escort German bombers. On the morning of 26 February 1943, he took off from El Hamma, to escort, with other pilots of his Squadriglia, Stukas attacking Allied armoured forces in Ksar Ghilane (an oasis of southern Tunisia located on the eastern limit of the Grand Erg Oriental), then he strafed the enemy troops. In the afternoon, on Kebili, with tenente Melis and two other fellow pilots, he intercepted four Allied aircraft. Gorrini claimed a Hawker Hurricane IID, armed with 40mm Vickers cannons. But this was his last air battle in Africa. His irritating eye injury was worsening. He was grounded and subsequently, at the end of February, hospitalised in Sfax. He returned to Italy in late March 1943. Read even more about Luigi Gorrini at Wikipedia

Traded items with a signature of Luigi Gorrini

In total, we tracked 66 items since 01/01/2008. The chart below shows the trade volume over time.

The most expensive item with a signature of Luigi Gorrini (Luigi Gorrini Signed 4x6 Photo Italian Ace WWII 19Vic CAI Battle of Britain Rare) was sold in October 2022 for $99.99 while the cheapest item (Luigi Gorrini WWII Italian Fighter Pilot Ace-19V Signed 4x6 Photo K3226) found a new owner for $0.99 in January 2012. The month with the most items sold (4) was March 2012 with an average selling price of $17.49 for an autographed item of Luigi Gorrini. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in August 2017 with $99.99 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $0.99 was January 2012. In average, an autographed item from Luigi Gorrini is worth $9.99.

Most recently, these items with a signature of Luigi Gorrini were sold on eBay - click here for more items.

Picture	Item Title	Price	Store
	Italian Ace Luigi Gorrini Signed 3x5 - 22 Kills	$8.50
	ITALIAN ACE Luigi Gorrini signed Macchi MC.205V write up/photo - 22 Kills	$9.99
	Italian ace Luigi Gorrini signed photo - 22 kills	$12.50
	ITALY LUIGI GORRINI WW2 ACE 19 VICTORIES IRON CROSS AUTOGRAPHED 3X5 INDEX CARD	$6.75
	ITALY LUIGI GORRINI WW2 ACE 19 VICTORIES IRON CROSS AUTOGRAPHED 3X5 INDEX CARD	$7.20
	ITALY LUIGI GORRINI WW2 ACE 19 VICTORIES IRON CROSS AUTOGRAPHED 3X5 INDEX CARD	$7.20
	ITALY LUIGI GORRINI WW2 ACE 19 VICTORIES IRON CROSS AUTOGRAPHED 3X5 INDEX CARD	$7.20
	Luigi Gorrini DECEASED WWII Itailian Pilot Ace-19-24V Signed 4x6 Photo E16651	$27.99
	Luigi Gorrini Signed 4x6 Photo Italian Ace WW II 19 Vic CAI Battle of Britain	$79.99
	Luigi Gorrini Signed 4x6 Photo Italian Ace WWII 19Vic CAI Battle of Britain Rare	$99.99