November 19th,1934: Ugo Zannier, a
Friulian gliding pioneer from Clauzetto, landed for the first time on the
Osoppo plain in between a crowd of people cheering after he had taken off with
his glider from Mount Cuarnan.
July 18th,1935: the Regio Airport of Osoppo
n.° 247 was established with the beginning of the main works of the
experimental field, which included a cemented landing strip north of Osoppo and
a grass one in the Rivoli area.
1938: the site was used for the
production of the movie “Luciano Serra pilota” by Goffredo Alessandrini
featuring Amedeo Nazzari.
November 1941: a royal aviation school was
set up for fighter planes such as the Fiat CR 42 and G50.
February 22nd, 1943: the 50th formation
made up of 8 squadrons of 62 aircrafts, of which CA133-CR30-CR
32-CR42-G50-MC200-MC201-MC205-RE2002, was being transferred from Milan.
October 1943: with the armistice, the
German armies, having taken into consideration the strategic position, put the Osoppo Airport under Udine’s Fliegerhorstkommandantur control, moving several airplanes, of
which the BF109G- JU88-FW58-FW190-FI156-Arado234, adding them to those already
present, such as the SM79-SM81-SM82.
January 16th, 1944 : the first
and only bombing of the airport by the 15th air force USAAF with
the B24-B17, escorted by the P38 Lightning.
April 17th,1945: the Osoppo
airport was finally abandoned with the last transfer of the last BF109G left,
the “Diavoli Rossi” group of the A.N.R.
August 14th, 1969: at 2:30 pm
the Major Biro of the Hungarian Aviation deserted with a MIG15, landing on the
Osoppo landing strip.
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