Flight over Vienna

The Flight over Vienna was an air raid during World War I undertaken by Italian poet and nationalist Gabriele D'Annunzio on 9 August 1918. With 11 Ansaldo S.V.A. from his team, the 87ma squadriglia (squadron) called La Serenissima all bearing the Lion of St Mark painted on their fuselage sides as the squadron's insignia, he flew for over 1,200 km in a roundtrip from the squadron's military airfield in Due Carrare to Vienna to drop thousands of propaganda leaflets. The action was planned the year before but technical problems, such as the fuel capacity of the planes, delayed it.

Flight over Vienna

The Flight over Vienna was an air raid during World War I undertaken by Italian poet and nationalist Gabriele D'Annunzio on 9 August 1918. With 11 Ansaldo S.V.A. from his team, the 87ma squadriglia (squadron) called La Serenissima all bearing the Lion of St Mark painted on their fuselage sides as the squadron's insignia, he flew for over 1,200 km in a roundtrip from the squadron's military airfield in Due Carrare to Vienna to drop thousands of propaganda leaflets. The action was planned the year before but technical problems, such as the fuel capacity of the planes, delayed it.