In the museum

A small dispaly and informaiton about Naval Air Station, Lake Bolsena, that operated here during WW1 training Naval Aviators. Museum alos information about the vestiges of the Naval Air Base that still exist around Lake Bolsena.

The U.S. Naval Air Station at Bolsena, Italy, was established in February 1918 with Ensign William B. Atwater in command.    This station acted as a flying school and trained American pilots on Italian aircraft, conducting bombing raids on Austro-Hungarian targets, including the naval fortress at Pola and flying as chase pilots with Italian planes that contended the Habsburg advance in the Autumn.  The station off Lake Bolsena in the middle of Italy was disestablished in January 1919. The base was co-located with the Italian Regia Scuola Idrovolanti (Royal Hydroplane School).

Source:

https://www.history.navy.mil