The Tenth Light Flotilla.

Italian flying boats ww2. Italian Air Force Regia Aeronautica On 24 January 1923 the Italian Royal Air Force Regia Aeronautica. Entries are listed below in alphanumeric order 1-to-Z. Name given to flying boats and seaplanes that began commercial flight service for Pan American Airlines in the 1930s.

The Italian Royal Air Force Regia Aeronautica Italiana was the name of the air force of the Kingdom of ItalyIt was established as a service independent of the Royal Italian Army from 1923 until 1946. Strength and Organization of the Regia Aeronautica and Regia Navale when Italy enters Second World War in June 1940. Worlds largest one of a kind of all flying boats and sea planes built during WW II.

The idea was to launch the heavily loaded mail plane Mercury from the back of the lightly loaded Maia after the combination had climb to cruising level. In WW2 its naval aviation grew a very iportant part in Europe from the attack on Taranto in November 1940 to the torpedo attack that jammed the Bismarcks rudder in May 1941 securing its doom for the allies or Patrolling the Atlantic spotting and attacking U-Boats. The Imperial Japanese Navy made extensive use of their long range flying boats in WW II.

In 1946 the monarchy was abolished and the Kingdom of Italy became the Italian Republic whereupon the name of the air force changed to Aeronautica Militare. Their long range master was the Kawanishi H8K Type 2 a high performance four-engined bomber reconnaissance and transport aircraft code named Emily by the Allies. As usual in that time the wings and tailplanes were covered with fabric.

Short-Mayo Composite flying boats Mercury and Maia were built in an attempt by Imperial airways to serve the transatlantic airmail route more efficiently. Between the wars the Italian Navy continued to display interest in smallboat warfare and in 1936 formed the unit which was to become famous as the Decima Flottiglia MAS 10th Light Flotilla specifically for operations of this typeAt about the same time General Duke Amadeo of Aosta of the Italian Air Force and his brother Admiral Duke Aimone of Spoleto. Blohm Voss BV 238.

Experimental Italian nine wing early flying boats and seaplanes. 9th - Action off Cape Spartivento Southwest Italy - RAF reports of an Italian convoy in the Ionian Sea making for North Africa led to British cruiser Force K sailing from Malta. There are a total of 58 WW2 Italian Aircraft entries in the Military Factory.