Action of 8 June 1915

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Action of 8 June 1915
Part of Adriatic campaing of World War I
Austro-Hungarian L48 seaplane attacking M.2 Città di Ferrara(illustration by Wilhelm Malchin)
Date 8 June 1915 Location c. 20 km from Premura, Vis Island, Adriatic Sea Result Austria-Hungarian victory
Belligerents
Austria-Hungary	Italy
Commanders and leaders
Lschlt. Gustav Klasing Schiesskommandant Hans Fritsche von Crouenwald	Castruccio Castracane degli Antelminelli
Strength
L48 seaplane several torpedo boats	M.2 Città di Ferrara marine airship
Casualties and losses
None	2 killed 7 injured and captured

The Action of 8 June 1915 was a combined air and naval clash between the Italian airship M.2 Città di Ferrara and Austro-Hungarian Navy L48 seaplane and two military vessels near the coast of north-eastern Italy as a part of Adriatic campaign of World War I. The airship was chased after a bomb raid on Fiume (present-day Rijeka) by an air and navy patrol while the Austro-Hungarian aircraft crew was able to destroy the airship in the air. This incident is marked in aviation history as the first case of an airship being shot down by another aircraft.^[1]