Banfield, Gottfried Freiherr von#

b. Castelnuovo (Italy), Feb. 6, 1890, d. Trieste (Italy), Sept. 23, 1986, officer. 1916 commander of the Trieste Naval Air Base; 1917 awarded a knighthood for his military conduct (Maria Theresia Order) and the title of "Baron"; from 1920 entrepreneur and member of a salvage company; B. cleared the Suez Canal after the crisis in 1957.