Military Figure, Gold Medal for Military Valor during the Second World War, and Silver Medals for Military Valor during the Spanish War. Passionate about the world of aviation, he enlisted in the Regia Aeronautica in May 1935, as a student pilot sergeant. Promoted to 1st Aviere three months later, he became sergeant on 16 October, assigned to the 8th Stormo Bombardamento Terrestre stationed on the Poggio Renatico airport. After the end of the war in Ethiopia he asked, and was granted, to leave for Italian East Africa to take part in the counter-guerrilla operations. He arrived in Massawa on January 19, 1937, being assigned to the 62nd Squadron of Addis Ababa. He was promoted to sergeant major in November of the same year. He remained in A.O.I. For about a year, then returning to his homeland. Transferred to the hunting specialty, he asked, and obtained, to leave as a volunteer to fight in the Spanish civil war. When he arrived in Spain he joined the 25th "La Cucaracha" Squadron of the XVI Group, earning two Silver Medals for military valor and a solemn commendation. Promoted to marshal in March 1939, after the Kingdom of Italy entered the war, he fought on the western front. In August 1940 he joined the 366th Squadron of the 151st Terrestrial Fighter Group, equipped with the Fiat C.R.42 Falco. On 6 September he left Caselle Torinese for Italian Northern Africa, arriving in Castelbenito on the 8th of the same month. On 4 February 1941 he was engaged in a recovery flight on a Caproni Ca.133 [N 1] escorted by 4 C.R.42 Falco piloted by Guglielmo Chiarini, the 1st Engineer Airman Callerani, Marshal Giulio Cesare and Sergeant Antonio Camerini. In the sky above Barce the transport plane was intercepted at 150 meters by a group of Hawker Hurricane Mk.I, the B Flight of the No. 73 Squadron composed of Pilot Officer George Goodman, Pilot Officer J. B. 'Chips' McColl and Pilot Officer Ken M. Millist. The Ca.133 was hit and severely damaged by McColl, and attempted to make an emergency landing, but the plane crashed to the ground and both aviators on board were killed. While the Hurricanes were shooting down the Caproni, Chiarini and the other two pilots of C.R.42 (less armed and powerful than the Hurricanes) launched on the enemy fighters, but the British pilots saw them coming and turned to face them. In the violent fighting that followed, Chiarini was shot down in flames and killed by George Goodman (victory number seven out of 10 scored during the war), who flew on the Hurricane Mk.I, serial number V7716 "TP-U" and who declared the shooting down of a C.R. 42 who was attacking McColl. In memory of Accorsi and Chiarini, the Gold Medal for military valor, the highest Italian decoration, was awarded.