M.2 Città di Ferrara

M.2 Città di Ferrara
M.2 Città di Ferrara (1914)
Role Patrol airship
National origin Italy
Manufacturer Stabilimento Costruzioni Aeronautiche, Rome
Designer Gaetano Crocco, Ottavio Ricaldoni
First flight 13 July 1913
Introduction 26 May 1913
Status lost in action 8 June 1915
Primary user Regia Marina (Royal Italian Navy)
Number built 1

M.2 Città di Ferrara was a semi-rigid military single-gondola airship made in 1910 by the Stabilimento Costruzioni Aeronautiche in Rome, designed by Gaetano Crocco and Ottavio Ricaldoni as the second aircraft of the "M-Class" airships and operated by Regia Marina (Royal Italian Navy). During the action of 8 June 1915 it was destroyed by an Austro-Hungarian seaplane, becoming the first airship to be shot down by another aircraft.

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