Austrian Naval Air Arm
In August 1916, the Imperial and Royal Naval Air Corps or K.u.K. Seeflugwesen was established. In 1917 it was rechristened the K.u.K. Seefliegerkorps. Its first aviators were naval officers who received their initial pilot training at the airfields of Wiener Neustadt in Lower Austria, where the Theresian Military Academy is also located. They were first assigned for tours aboard the battleships of the Tegetthoff class. Later, the k.u.k. Seefliegerkorps also served at the following airfields in Albania and southern Dalmatia: Berat, Kavaja, Tirana, Scutari and Igalo. They also had airfields at Podgorica in Montenegro.
- Flik 1 - Igalo from June - November 1918
- Flik 6 - Igalo from November 1915 - January 1916
- - Scutari from January 1916 - June 1917
- - Tirana from July 1917 - June 1918
- - Banja from June - July 1918
- - Tirana from July - September 1918
- - Podgorica from September - November 1918
- Flik 13 - Berat from August - September 1918
- - Kavaja from September - October 1918
The following Austrian squadrons served at Feltre also:
- Flik 11 - from February 1918
- Flik 14 - from June 1918 to November 1918
- Flik 16 - from November 1917 - October 1918
- Flik 31 - from June - July 1918
- Flik 36 - from June - July 1918
- Flik 39 - from January - May 1918
- Flik 45 - during April 1918
- Flik 56 - during December 1917
- Flik 60J - from March - September 1918
- Flik 66 - from January 1918 - November 1918
- Flik 101 - during May 1918
Feltre was captured by Austrian forces on 12 November 1917 after the Battle of Caporetto. There were two other military airfields nearby, at Arsie and Fonzaso. It was the main station for the Austrian naval aviators in that area. The K.u.K. Seeflugwesen used mostly modified German planes, but produced several variations of its own. Notable planes for the service were the following:
- Fokker A.III
- Fokker E.III
- Hansa-Brandenburg B.I
- Hansa-Brandenburg D.I
- Aviatik D.I
- Albatros D.III
- Phönix D.I
- Fokker D.VII
- Lohner L
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