Giulio Lega

Capitano Giulio Lega was a World War I flying ace credited with five aerial victories. After finishing the war, he completed medical school, and began a near lifelong career caring for the Italian Chamber of Deputies.

Early life and service Giulio Lega was born in Florence on 12 November 1892. He was a medical student when he was accepted for officer's training in 1915. Because of his height, he became an "extended infantryman" in the Grenadiers. He went into action with their 2o Reggimento and made his mark with them at the Fourth Battle of the Isonzo. On 20 November 1915, he was awarded the War Merit Cross for valor. and the War Cross.

Post World War I Lega finished his medical studies, though briefly interrupted by a recall to military duty. He graduated from the University of Bologna in July 1920. He remained in the Air Force Reserves, and would eventually rise to tenente colonnello in May 1935. On 13 March 1931, he was appointed head of the medical service for Italy's Chamber of Deputies. During World War II, Lega would be assigned to the headquarters of the Servizi Aerei Speciali. He would not give up his post with the Chamber until 1957.

He eventually qualified as a university instructor. When he died on 11 July 1973, he was still a medical consultant to the Italian parliament.