User talk:93.34.84.96

The information in the page are a little bit confusing. Orbetello Seaplane Base had no runway, since the seaplanes operating from there took off from and landed in the large lagoon, as correctly described in the article. After the 1943 armistice it was used by the Nazi Luftwaffe but it was destroyed by the Germans when they had to retreat North. Thus, the Twelfth US Air Force had to use an airstrip on the mainland, not distant from the lagoon where the destroyed seaplane base had existed, as correctly shown in the coordinates link of the page. While "Agostino Brunetta" airport was only suitable for seaplanes, and its structures were described as "utterly destroyed by the Germans," large transport C47s and fighter P47s took off from the so called "Orbetello Airfield". They could not have used the "Agostino Brunetta" airport, from where seaplanes had to take off from the water. Right now the former airstrip on mainland is still occasionally used by tourism planes, as "Aviosuperficie Costa D'Argento."

A more detailed history of the "A. Brunetta" seaplane airport can be found here:

93.34.84.96 (talk) 18:23, 4 May 2019 (UTC)