Tenente Gastone Novelli was a World War I flying ace credited with eight aerial victories.

[2] Novelli joined 81a Squadriglia and began conversion training to Nieuport fighter planes.

Having officially completed his Nieuport training in May, he scored his first three aerial victories in June 1917.

[2] While healthy pilots were being sucked into the air fighting over the Battle of Caporetto, Novelli was out of action.

He scored five more confirmed victories, all shared, with such fellow Italian aces as Francesco Baracca, Cesare Magistrini, Ferruccio Ranza, Guido Nardini, Pier Ruggero Piccio, and Amedeo Mecozzi.