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Date: | Wednesday 26 May 1937 |
Time: | |
Type: | Savoia-Marchetti S.55X |
Owner/operator: | Aviazione Legionaria |
Registration: | I-LONG |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Port of Palma de Mallorca -
Spain
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Phase: | Standing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:S.55X I-LONG (its italian registration) was destroyed in an attack to Palma de Mallorca Port. The aircraft was in repair station when received the bombs dropped by a republican Tupolev SB2 "Katiuska" squadron. This aircraft particpated in the 1932 24 aircraft italian Italo Balbo's big raid. Arrived early with other two S.55X in support of Nationalist rebels in Mallorca in August 1936. It was damaged, then, and remained in Spain where its italian and Spanish crew performed several combat missions
Sources:
"Entre el añíl y el cobalto. Los Hidroaviones en la Guerra de España"
1987 Emilio Herrera Alonso - IHCA Pgs 172, 172 & 173
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
28-Nov-2021 21:06 |
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29-Nov-2021 07:40 |
volman |
Updated [Aircraft type] |