Battaglione Aviatori

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Main aviation branch of the older Servizio Aeronautico; organized after the Italo-Turkish War of 1911–1912.

First headed by Lt.-Col. Vittorio Cordero, swiftly succeeded (at the end of 1912) by Giulio Douhet.[1]

Ottorino Pomilio enlisted in the Battaglione Aviatori (Aviation Battallion), Italy, in 1913, becoming with Umberto Savoia a designer to the Direzione Tecnica dell'Aviazione Militare. Together they produced improved Farman pusher 2-seater SP1 (1914-1915), with Fiat engine; resigned December 1915 with permission to form their own company (see Pomilio).[2]

1915, Fiat collaborated on development of SP1; 1916, Fiat subsidiary, Societa Italiana Aviazione, formed and began production of SP designs under license.[2] (Do not know whether Direzione Tecnica dell'Aviazione Militare was part of the Battaglione Aviatori, which is how we are presenting it here or whether the Battaglione was beneath the Direzione.)

In 1917, the airplanes in use by Italy were: Savola Verduzio, Macchi, Fiat-Pomillo, Caproni Biplane; and Caproni Triplane. [3] (See: Caproni & C., Società Anonima Nieuport-Macci, Rodolfo Verduzio)

References

  1. Hippler, 2013, p. 31.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Sources:
  3. Major R. Perfetti, "Italian Airplane Development", Vol. 1, No. 3., July 26, 1917, p. 91.


Organization names Battaglione Aviatori (Aviation Battalion), Direzione Tecnica dell'Aviazione Militare.
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Country Italy
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Started aero 1912
Ended aero 1915
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Key people Vittorio Cordero, Giulio Douhet, Ottorino Pomilio, Umberto Savoia, Giovanni Battista Caproni
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