author
Camillo De Carlo
1892–1968
An Italian aviator and intelligence officer, he turned wartime experience into a vivid account of espionage behind enemy lines. His best-known book, The Flying Spy, blends personal adventure with the tension of World War I.
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The flying spy
by Camillo De Carlo
About the author
Born in Venice on April 6, 1892, Camillo De Carlo was an Italian officer, pilot, and diplomat whose life reached far beyond the page. He served in World War I and became especially known for a daring mission in 1918, when he was flown behind enemy lines and spent months organizing intelligence work with the help of local civilians.
That experience shaped his best-known book, The Flying Spy, first published in English in the early 1920s. The book is valued not just as a war story, but as a firsthand memoir of reconnaissance, secrecy, and survival during the final phase of the conflict.
De Carlo later continued a public career in Italy and died in Vittorio Veneto on March 29, 1968. For readers today, his writing offers a rare mix of military history and personal testimony, told by someone who had truly lived the danger he described.