Italy - Aircraft Marking

Last modified: 2004-07-31 by dov gutterman
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by Ferenc Gy. Valoczy, 2 July 2003

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Overview

Aeronautica Militare Italiana was formed already in 1884 as Servizio Aeronautico renamed Air Flotilla in 1911 and became the first air force to operate planes in military use. Hopepage at <www.aeronautica.difesa.it>.
According to [cos98], until 1914 it used the arms of Savoy on tail as its marking. [cos98] also report that in 1914 it started to use roundels of (inside out) red-white-green (opposite colors of today) with vertical rudder stripes of green-white red. It also report that roundels were not alawys used and most planes used only rudder stripes charged with the arms of Savoy. See also <www.aeronautica.difesa.it/galVelSto4964-2.jpg> and <www.aeronautica.difesa.it/galVelsto4936-2.jpg>
However, Insignia report that Between August 1914 and July 1915, Aeronautica del Regio Esercito (as it called then) used official national markings of the Black so-called 'circle and stripe' (Black ring and black diagonal stripe) - see <www.insigniamag.com/ita18.html>.
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