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Date: | Tuesday 24 August 1937 |
Time: | |
Type: | Fiat CR.32 |
Owner/operator: | Aviazione Legionaria |
Registration: | 3-? |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Over Santander -
Spain
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Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
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Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Fiat CR.32 shot down by I-15. SubLtnant Marcello Giuggioli (50 War Missions),could bail out but distance to the ground was too short and he was killed. He was posthumous awarded with the Medaglia d'oro al Valore Militare. He was shot down by rookie Republican fighter pilot Francisco Tarazona Torán (Escuadrilla Vasca)
Sources:
1.Revista Aeroplano Nº 8 "Los chatos en España (II) - La Escuadrilla "Vasca""
Estanislao Abellán Agius Pag 62
IHCA 1990
2.https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcello_Giuggioli
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10-Jan-2022 20:53 |
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