20 happened July 1913: Italian Naval Aviation is born

20/07/14

The direct involvement of New Deputy Chief Admiral Paolo Thaon of Revel, Chief of Staff of the Navy, is a convention between the Ministry of War and the Navy concerning the construction of bases and aircraft, related financial clauses and the possible use of the sea ​​of ​​Navy Operations under the control of the Navy, which can be considered the formal act of the birth of Italian Navy Air Force.

Source: Military Navy