ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 155749
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| Date: | Friday 28 June 1940 |
| Time: | 17:30 |
| Type: | Savoia Marchetti SM.75 TP |
| Owner/operator: | Regia Aeronautica |
| Registration: | I-MANU |
| MSN: | 32040 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 9 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Tobruk T2 airfield, Cyrenaica -
 Libya
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Derna – El Ftalah airfield, Cyrenaica |
| Tobruk T2 airfield, Cyrenaica |
The SM.79 was carrying a distinguished passenger on a flight to Tobruk; Marshal Italo Balbo (44), Military Governor of the (then) Italian colony of Libya.
Approaching the airfield at a low level, and out of the sun not long after a raid by British aircraft, the SM 79 was fired on by mistake by the anti-aircraft defences of the area. It was hit and crashed killing all on board.
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italo_Balbo
https://ww2gravestone.com/people/balbo-italo/
http://warfarehistorynetwork.com/daily/wwii/the-strange-death-of-air-marshal-italo-balbo/
https://books.google.nl/books?id=eblfCoh5Mh8C&pg=PA396&lpg=PA396&dq=I-MANU+balbo&source=bl&ots=0zCfHm3Dq7&sig=Orn9_G96fFX2slym54APCCSjxWw&hl=nl&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi1n8qoh7XRAhWmBsAKHZnzBl8Q6AEIGjAA#v=onepage&q=I-MANU%20balbo&f=false
http://ww2.dk/Airfields%20-%20Libya%20and%20Egypt.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-May-2013 00:27 | angels one five | Added |
| 02-Sep-2015 16:24 | TB | Updated [Time, Operator, Other fatalities, Narrative] |
| 09-Jan-2017 12:36 | gerard57 | Updated [Registration, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Jan-2017 12:55 | gerard57 | Updated [Time, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Apr-2018 06:03 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative] |
| 30-Sep-2019 16:51 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source] |
| 17-Apr-2020 16:53 | TB | Updated [Other fatalities, Narrative] |
| 19-Sep-2021 09:47 | Cobar | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn] |
| 08-Jul-2023 03:33 | angels one five | Updated [[Aircraft type, Cn]] |
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