Mecozzi, Amadeo

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Mecozzi, Amadeo

Name: Mecozzi, Amadeo Years: 1892-1971 Rank: General Nationality: Italian Remarks: Italian World War I ace fighter pilot and airpower theorist who advocated the use of airpower in close cooperation with ground forces, in contrast to the theories of fellow Italian Giulio Douhet

Contents 1 Biography 2 Timeline 3 Publications 4 Sources 5 References

[edit] Biography

Mecozzi published dozens of articles in the Italian Air Force Journal, Revista Aeronautica, during the 1920s and 30s that refuted the theories of Giulio Douhet. Unlike Douhet, Mecozzi remained "rooted in hard data, and regularly referred back to the war, recent air campaigns, and historical evidence to bolster his positions". Mecozzi viewed air forces as being organized into three distinct categories: a strategic bomber force, to directly attack the enemy nation, a naval air force, to attack the enemy navy, and a third force to oppose enemy armies. He believed the force designated to oppose enemy armies should be the primary branch of the air force and should receive the largest share of aircraft and personnel^[1].

[edit] Timeline

• January 17, 1892 Italian aviator and airpower theorist Amadeo Mecozzi is born^[2].

[edit] Publications

• Il Volo Rasente e le sue Possibilita Tattiche, Revista Aeronautica (June 1926)
• Il Conqueto di Contra-Aviazione, Rivista Aeronautica (March 1926)
• Les Grandi Unità Aviatori, Rivista Aeronautica (March 1929)

[edit] Sources

• Italian Wikipedia entry for Amadeo Mecozzi

[edit] References

1. ↑ Luftwaffe: Creating the Operational Air War, 1918-1940, pgs. 94-95
2. ↑ http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amedeo_Mecozzi