ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 160352
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| Date: | Wednesday 19 October 1949 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire HF. IX |
| Owner/operator: | Aeronautica Militare Italiana (AMI) |
| Registration: | MM4032 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Caldogno, Province of Vicenza -
 Italy
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Vicenza-Dal Molin Airfield, Province of Vicenza, Veneto (VIC/LIPT) |
PL458: Spitfire HF. IX, built at CBAF (Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory) with Merlin M70 engine. To 39MU RAF Colerne, Chippenham, Wiltshire 20-6-44 for packing and crating for shipment overseas. Shipped on the SS 'New Texas' 31-7-44, arriving Casablanca, Morocco 22-8-44. To 92 Squadron RAF in Italy in September 1944. Wore "personal" code letters "T-C" instead of allocated squadron code letter "QJ" and named "Orissa IX". 92 Squadron was disbanded at Zeltweg in Austria on 30-12-146. Presumed stored until struck off charge upon sale to the Italian Air Force (Aeronautica Militare Italiana (AMI)) 26-6-47 as MM4032
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 19-10-49 when collided with Spitfire MM4124 during an aerobatic sortie consisting of three Spitfires. Pilot Capt. Alfonso Lattanzi bailed out after entered safe altitude. Aircraft crashed in swampy terrain near Caldogno, Province of Vicenza, Italy
Sources:
1. http://www.alatricolore.it/alatricolore/incivolo/incivolo.htm
2. http://www.giuseppeversolato.it/News/dettaglio.asp?IdNews=36
3. 92 Sqn RAF ORB for the period 1-4-1944 to 31-5-1947: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR27/870: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C2503509
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p087.html
5. https://allspitfirepilots.org/aircraft/PL458
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._92_Squadron_RAF#Second_World_War
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vicenza_Airport#Post-World_War_II.
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-Sep-2013 19:52 | TB | Added |
| 18-Sep-2013 18:42 | TB | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 05-Jan-2014 12:23 | TB | Updated [Date, Time, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Aug-2023 00:15 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [[Date, Time, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]] |
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