In 1971, due to the crash of an RF 84F, nine aviators lost their lives. After the service, on the Bandiera Square, to the sound of Piave and in the presence of family members and a delegation from the “Circle of the Third” The laurel wreath was laid there, where all the names of the fallen of the Stormo were written. The “Circle of the Third”, It is a society chaired by General Alberto Notari, Squadron Chief of Air (r), which brings together all personnel, both active and retired, who belong to or have belonged to the 3rd Squadron, with the aim of keeping alive the history, spirit and traditions of a unit that, established in 1931 at the Bresso airport (MI), operated from several bases before arriving in Villafranca in 1954.
