05 Happened August 1915: Last Mission of the City of Jesi

05/08/14

airship Città di Jesi (commander, Lieutenant Bruno Brivonesi) with five crewmen, who took off from Ferrara in the late evening of the 4 for an attack at the base of Pola, arrived on the target around midnight and was discovered by photoelectrics and made a sign to heavy anti-aircraft reaction.

Once the bombs were dropped, the airship attempted to return to the return route, but the damage caused by the opposing reaction soon took place: after having lost altitude, it hit the sea surface near Musil while the crew was taken prisoner by the torpedo boat 79 T immediately joined together with other units (Satellit destroyer, 39 T torpedo boat) and seaplanes (E.20, E.37, and L.48) that tows the casing inside a small inlet. The crew will subsequently be locked up in the Mathausen prison camp.

Source: Military Navy