{"id":7706286,"date":"2026-07-29T09:09:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T07:09:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/roald-dahl-raf-fighter-pilot\/"},"modified":"2026-07-29T09:23:03","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T07:23:03","slug":"roald-dahl-pilota-di-caccia-della-raf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/it\/roald-dahl-raf-fighter-pilot\/","title":{"rendered":"Prima di lavorare alla Fabbrica di Cioccolato, pilotava gli Hurricane."},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.et_pb_title_container h1.entry-title { padding-top: 40px !important; }<\/style><p>Molto prima di inventare la fabbrica di cioccolato di Willy Wonka o la pesca gigante, Roald Dahl giaceva nel deserto libico con il cranio fratturato, il sangue negli occhi e un biplano in fiamme a pochi metri di distanza. Aveva 24 anni e aveva appena effettuato un atterraggio di emergenza con un aereo da caccia che aveva imparato a pilotare a malapena.<\/p>\r\n<p>L&#039;uomo che sarebbe diventato uno degli autori per ragazzi pi\u00f9 amati di tutti i tempi trascorse i suoi vent&#039;anni come pilota di caccia della RAF e, a suo dire, l&#039;incidente che quasi gli cost\u00f2 la vita potrebbe essere la ragione per cui decise di diventare scrittore.<\/p>\r\n<div style=\"background:#f5f5f5;padding:20px;border-radius:8px;margin:24px 0\"><h3 style=\"margin-top:0;padding-top:0\">Informazioni rapide<\/h3><ul style=\"margin:0;line-height:1.9\">\r\n<li><strong>Chi:<\/strong> Roald Dahl (1916-1990) \u2014 prima di scrivere i libri, era un pilota di caccia della RAF.<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>Servizio:<\/strong> Royal Air Force, 1939-1946; 80\u00b0 Squadrone<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>Aeromobili:<\/strong> Biplano Gloster Gladiator, poi Hawker Hurricane Mk I<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>L&#039;incidente:<\/strong> 19 settembre 1940, sbarco di emergenza nel deserto libico vicino a Mersa Matruh<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>Infortuni:<\/strong> frattura del cranio, naso rotto, cecit\u00e0 temporanea per settimane<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>Curriculum militare:<\/strong> considerato un asso dell&#039;aviazione, con cinque vittorie confermate<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>Dopo:<\/strong> congedato per motivi di salute; un incarico di scrittura del 1942 diede inizio alla sua carriera letteraria.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul><\/div>\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">Un lunghissimo viaggio verso la guerra<\/h2>\r\n<p>Nel 1939 Dahl era un giovane impiegato della Shell Company in Africa orientale. Allo scoppio della guerra, percorse 600 miglia attraverso il Kenya fino a Nairobi per arruolarsi nella Royal Air Force, imparando a pilotare i Tiger Moth sotto il sole africano. Era alto, troppo alto per la cabina di pilotaggio di un caccia, ma riusc\u00ec comunque a infilare il suo corpo slanciato all&#039;interno dell&#039;aereo.<\/p>\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin:0 0 24px;width:100%\"><img data-opt-id=865377734  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:0e0_.b970\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/07\/roald-dahl-author.jpg\" alt=\"Roald Dahl\" style=\"width:100%;height:auto;max-width:100%;display:block;border-radius:6px\"><figcaption style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;text-align:center;margin-top:6px;font-style:italic\">Roald Dahl, il pilota da caccia della RAF che divenne uno degli scrittori pi\u00f9 famosi al mondo. Foto: Biblioteca del Congresso \/ Wikimedia Commons.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">L&#039;incidente nel deserto<\/h2>\r\n<p>Il 19 settembre 1940, a Dahl fu ordinato di pilotare un Gloster Gladiator attraverso il deserto per raggiungere il suo squadrone. Non aveva mai pilotato quel tipo di aereo in combattimento e gli fu indicata una destinazione che si rivel\u00f2 errata: si ritrov\u00f2 in una zona deserta tra le linee alleate e quelle italiane. Con poco carburante e con l&#039;arrivo della notte, tent\u00f2 un atterraggio. Il carrello d&#039;atterraggio urt\u00f2 contro un masso, l&#039;aereo precipit\u00f2 e Dahl si frattur\u00f2 il cranio, si ruppe il naso e rimase cieco per settimane.<\/p>\r\n<p>Un&#039;inchiesta della RAF concluse in seguito che era stato mandato nel posto sbagliato. In altre parole, non era colpa sua, ma per poco non gli cost\u00f2 la vita.<\/p>\r\n<div style=\"background:#f8f9fa;border-left:4px solid #1565c0;padding:20px 22px;margin:18px 0 24px;border-radius:0 8px 8px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:1.7;display:flex;gap:20px;align-items:flex-start\"><div><em>\u201cDal momento in cui ho aperto gli occhi, Mary \u00e8 diventata una persona anzich\u00e9 un sogno e la mia passione \u00e8 svanita.\u201d<\/em><div style=\"margin-top:10px;font-size:14px;color:#555\"><strong>Roald Dahl<\/strong> \u2014 da &quot;Going Solo&quot; (1986), sul risveglio dopo l&#039;incidente<\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">Ace sulla Grecia<\/h2>\r\n<p>Sorprendentemente, si riprese e torn\u00f2 a volare. Nell&#039;aprile del 1941 si trovava con l&#039;80\u00b0 Squadrone in Grecia, ora ai comandi di un Hawker Hurricane, gettato in una battaglia disperata contro la schiacciante superiorit\u00e0 aerea tedesca. Nel caos sopra Atene combatt\u00e9 da solo contro sciami di aerei nemici e, nelle settimane successive in Grecia e poi in Siria, gli furono accreditate cinque vittorie confermate, il che lo rendeva, per definizione, un asso dell&#039;aviazione.<\/p>\r\n<div style=\"background:#f8f9fa;border-left:4px solid #5C91FF;padding:20px 22px;margin:18px 0 24px;border-radius:0 8px 8px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:1.7;display:flex;gap:20px;align-items:flex-start\"><div><em>\u201cUn flusso infinito e indistinto di caccia nemici che mi sfrecciavano incontro da ogni lato.\u201d<\/em><div style=\"margin-top:10px;font-size:14px;color:#555\"><strong>Roald Dahl<\/strong> \u2014 tratto dal suo libro di memorie &quot;Going Solo&quot; (1986), sulla battaglia di Atene<\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin:0 0 24px;width:100%\"><img data-opt-id=1553761209  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:0e0_.b970\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/07\/gloster-gladiator.jpg\" alt=\"Un biplano Gloster Gladiator.\" style=\"width:100%;height:auto;max-width:100%;display:block;border-radius:6px\"><figcaption style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;text-align:center;margin-top:6px;font-style:italic\">Un Gloster Gladiator, il biplano obsoleto che Dahl stava pilotando quando si schiant\u00f2 nel deserto libico. Foto: Wikimedia Commons.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<p>Non poteva durare. I fortissimi mal di testa causati dalla frattura cranica continuavano a ripresentarsi nella cabina di pilotaggio, e alla fine fu rimpatriato per motivi di salute. Assegnato a Washington come addetto aeronautico, fu incaricato dallo scrittore C.S. Forester di scrivere un resoconto delle sue esperienze di guerra. Il risultato \u2013 una vivida descrizione dell&#039;abbattimento del suo aereo sopra la Libia \u2013 divenne la sua prima opera pubblicata.<\/p>\r\n<p>Il ragazzo che si schiant\u00f2 nel deserto trov\u00f2, tra i rottami, il narratore che sarebbe diventato. La RAF perse un pilota. Il mondo guadagn\u00f2 Roald Dahl.<\/p>\r\n<div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;height:0;overflow:hidden;margin:24px 0\"><iframe class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cDdRpRRwPTY\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;border:0;border-radius:8px\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;height:0;overflow:hidden;margin:24px 0\"><iframe class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PM19iHDnKuE\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;border:0;border-radius:8px\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\r\n<p style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;font-style:italic;margin-top:8px\">Fonti: Roald Dahl, &quot;Going Solo&quot; (1986); Wikipedia; HistoryNet; Forces News.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background:#f0f4ff;border-left:4px solid #5C91FF;padding:16px 20px;margin:32px 0 8px;border-radius:0 8px 8px 0\">\r\n<p style=\"margin:0 0 8px;font-weight:600;color:#333\">Post correlati<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"margin:4px 0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/douglas-bader-legless-ace-battle-of-britain\/\">L&#039;asso senza gambe che guidava in prima linea<\/a><\/p>\r\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Long before he invented Willy Wonka&#8217;s chocolate factory or the giant peach, Roald Dahl was lying in the Libyan desert with a fractured skull, blood in his eyes, and a burning biplane a few yards away. He was 24 years old, and he had just crash-landed a fighter he had barely been taught to fly. 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