Fri Jan 21, 2022 9:28 am
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Ladies and Gentlemen,
A friend of mine of Italian background, raised in Peckham, now an academic resident in Australia needs to write a book chapter as per the thread title:
The questions could be:
-what are British views of Italian military aviation between 1911 and 1943.
-what are moments of particular British interest in the Italian air force.
[These might be: first air bombing in history carried out by Giulio Gavotti in Libya the first of November 1911; Dannunzio's flight over Vienna 9 August 1918; publication of General Giulio Douhet's 'The Command of the Air' 1921; various innovations by Giovanni Battista Caproni; Cesare Balbo decennial cruise to Chicago 1 July 1933 with lading in Northern Ireland; Use of gas and air bombing of the red-cross in the Ethiopian war 1935-36; Italian air force in the Spanish civil war including Guernica 1937-39; Italian air force in the Second World War including the battle of Britain.]
-any article or book dealing with British views of the Italian air force.
From my own perspective it's a bit of a specialist area, and although an aviation enthusiast it's not an area where I would claim any specialist knowledge. I don't know whether the Schneider trophy counts a military aviation but that may be worthy of inclusion. Other than that I think some Italian aircraft took part very briefly in the Battle of the Britain and were hopelessly outclassed, and also were involved in trying to subdue Malta and were ultimately unsuccessful.
If anyone has any views or further information please let us know.
Many thanks in advance.
Charles.
A friend of mine of Italian background, raised in Peckham, now an academic resident in Australia needs to write a book chapter as per the thread title:
The questions could be:
-what are British views of Italian military aviation between 1911 and 1943.
-what are moments of particular British interest in the Italian air force.
[These might be: first air bombing in history carried out by Giulio Gavotti in Libya the first of November 1911; Dannunzio's flight over Vienna 9 August 1918; publication of General Giulio Douhet's 'The Command of the Air' 1921; various innovations by Giovanni Battista Caproni; Cesare Balbo decennial cruise to Chicago 1 July 1933 with lading in Northern Ireland; Use of gas and air bombing of the red-cross in the Ethiopian war 1935-36; Italian air force in the Spanish civil war including Guernica 1937-39; Italian air force in the Second World War including the battle of Britain.]
-any article or book dealing with British views of the Italian air force.
From my own perspective it's a bit of a specialist area, and although an aviation enthusiast it's not an area where I would claim any specialist knowledge. I don't know whether the Schneider trophy counts a military aviation but that may be worthy of inclusion. Other than that I think some Italian aircraft took part very briefly in the Battle of the Britain and were hopelessly outclassed, and also were involved in trying to subdue Malta and were ultimately unsuccessful.
If anyone has any views or further information please let us know.
Many thanks in advance.
Charles.
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