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107 anni dal primo utilizzo bellico di un aereo

Fu l'Italia ad impiegarlo nella guerra italo-turca

Il 23 ottobre 1911 l'Italia entrò nella storia, quando il capitano del Regio Esercito Carlo Maria Piazza sull'aereo Blériot XI volò sopra le linee trincerate turche in Libia nel corso della guerra italo-turca. Per la prima volta l'aeroplano divenne un mezzo utilizzabile in guerra, tramite il quale era possibile sia vedere dall'alto la situazione delle forze nemiche, sia lanciare granate contro le...

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AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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