Bruno Brivonesi

Bruno Brivonesi
Born	(1886-07-16)16 July 1886 Ancona, Marche, Italy
Died	1970 Rome, Latium, Italy
Allegiance	Kingdom of Italy
Service/branch	Regia Marina
Years of service	1906-1946
Rank	Ammiraglio di Divisione (Vice Admiral)
Commands held	Città di Jesi (airship) Ferrara air base Capua air base M 6 (airship) PV 3 (airship) Nicolò Zeno (destroyer) Italian Far East Naval Command Trento (heavy cruiser) Italian Naval Academy Naval Command Libya 3rd Naval Division Naval Command Sardinia
Battles/wars	Italo-Turkish War World War I Adriatic Campaign World War II Battle of the Mediterranean Operation Halberd Battle of the Duisburg Convoy
Awards	Silver Medal of Military Valor (four times) War Merit Cross Military Order of Savoy

Bruno Brivonesi (July 16, 1886 – 1970) was an Italian admiral during World War II. His brother, Bruto, was also an admiral.

Brivonesi was born in Ancona in 1886, and he entered the Italian Naval Academy after high school, in 1906. After graduating as a ensign, he joined the crew of the battleship Regina Margherita. In 1908 he participated in the rescue efforts after the 1908 Messina earthquake, following which he received a Bronze Civil Medal.

When the Royal Italian Navy decided to use airships for its Air Service, Brivonesi attended the first pilot training programme, which took place in 1910 between Rome and Vigna di Valle. During breaks Brivonesi, along with the other cadets (eight from the Army and four from the Navy), designed and built a glider, which he later flew. After obtaining a dirigible pilot licence, he joined the crew of the airship P 2, which was in the final stages of building. At the end on 1910, P 2 was stationed in Campalto, Venice; Brivones took part in flights over Northeastern Italy and later moved to Milan and took part in military exercises near Casale Monferrato (in this instance, Victor Emanuel III and Paolo Thaon di Revel were passengers on his airship).

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