Accident Supermarine Spitfire IX MM4058,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 160349
 
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Date:Tuesday 12 July 1949
Time:morning
Type:Silhouette image of generic SPIT model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Supermarine Spitfire IX
Owner/operator:Aeronautica Militare Italiana (AMI)
Registration: MM4058
MSN: CBAF.
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:near Brescia, Province of Brescia, Lombardy -   Italy
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Vicenza-Dal Molin (VIC/LIPT) (closed)
Destination airport:Bergamo-Orio al Serio (BGY)
Narrative:
Spitfire LF IX, MM4058, Aeronautica Militare Italiana (AMI): Written off (destroyed) 12-7-49 in a forced landing off airfield after engine failure. Aircraft came down near Brescia, Province of Brescia, Lombardy. Pilot Ten Col Giuseppe Mauriello (42) killed.

Sources:

1. La Stampa 13 July 1949, p4: https://archive.org/details/lastampa_1949-07-13/page/n3/mode/2up
2, http://www.alatricolore.it/alatricolore/incivolo/incivolo.htm
3. http://www.giuseppeversolato.it/News/dettaglio.asp?IdNews=36
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brescia#Transport
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orio_al_Serio_International_Airport

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
09-Sep-2013 19:36 TB Added
05-Jan-2014 12:05 TB Updated [Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
05-Jan-2014 12:08 TB Updated [Source]
05-Jan-2014 15:55 TB Updated [Date]
25-Jul-2014 14:27 TB Updated [Time, Source, Narrative]

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