Hello guys, first of all than you for your wellcome.
Than I really need your help. I’m an italian aviation historian and an aircraft modeller, passionate about WWI. I live in Venice and I’m looking for any information about a tiny island of the lagoon: Poveglia that was a temporary base for the floatplanes of a Royal Naval Air Service flight during a bombardament mission, in 1918 October. In the official Italian Navy log I found the planes were Bristol, but I don’t know any thing else.
I’m asking you if you can help me giving some advice for my research: I would like to have a confirmation about the planes and to discover wich flight it was.
Thank you very much
By: wieesso - 9th November 2014 at 13:33
Hi Guys, thank you very much for you help.
I hope to have something to tell you the true story, one day!
Pietro
Now I’m curious :confused:
By: macchim5 - 9th November 2014 at 10:30
thnksgiving
Hi Guys, thank you very much for you help.
I hope to have something to tell you the true story, one day!
Pietro
By: wieesso - 29th October 2014 at 15:59
macchim5 you’ve tried it on many fora – have you tried it here? http://www.gavs.it/forum/viewforum.php?f=8&sid=dd0cf08c7e9daaa7d42ad5e20f6bdee1
By: wieesso - 29th October 2014 at 12:51
From this Link
HISTORY OF THE GREAT WAR BASED ON OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS
BY DIRECTION OF THE HISTORICAL SECTION OF THE COMMITTEE OF IMPERIAL DEFENCE
THE WAR IN THE AIR
Being the Story of The part played in the Great War by the Royal Air Force
VOL. V
H. A. JONES
OXFORD AT THE CLARENDON
April 1917
“…slipways were built at Poveglia Island in the Venice Lagoon from which the seaplanes could, when the time came, start on their torpedo or bombing attacks
on the Austrian bases at Pola and Fiume.”
“…slipways for seaplanes built in the Venice Lagoon. Formation of No. 6 Wing.”
No. 6 Wing http://www.raf.mod.uk/history/226squadron.cfm
or maybe No. 139 Squadron Royal Air Force, was formed on 3 July 1918 at Villaverla in Italy and was equipped with Bristol F2b fighter aircraft.
edit: I know – no seaplane!
By: wieesso - 29th October 2014 at 12:11
Bristol did not produce any operational seaplanes during the Great War. The only Bristol aeroplanes operating on the Italian front would be Bristol F.2.B Fighter landplanes. They might have been Sopwith Babys (Ansaldo also built these) or Short 184’s.
John
Maybe macchim5 meant the Bristol Scout or Bristol Bullet?
By: John Aeroclub - 28th October 2014 at 23:10
Bristol did not produce any operational seaplanes during the Great War. The only Bristol aeroplanes operating on the Italian front would be Bristol F.2.B Fighter landplanes. They might have been Sopwith Babys (Ansaldo also built these) or Short 184’s.
John
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October 28, 2014 at 5:20 pm