V.1 Città di Jesi

V.1 Città di Jesi
Airship after the shotdown near Pula, 6 August 1915
General information
TypePatrol airship
National originItaly
ManufacturerStabilimento Costruzioni Aeronautiche, Vigna di Valle
Designer
Rodolfo Verduzio
Statuslost in action 5 August 1915
Primary userRegia Marina (Royal Italian Navy)
Number built1
History
Introduction date1915
First flight1914

V.1 Città di Jesi was a semi-rigid military single-gondola airship made in 1914 by the Stabilimento Costruzioni Aeronautiche in Vigna di Valle, designed by Rodolfo Verduzio as the first aircraft of the "V-Class" airships and operated by Regia Marina (Royal Italian Navy). On 5 August 1915 it was destroyed by an Austro-Hungarian anti-aircraft artillery during the bomb raid on Pula.

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