Incident Supermarine Spitfire IX MM4008,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 160354
 
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Date:Tuesday 12 August 1947
Time:day
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: MM4008
MSN: CBAF.
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:near Campagna Trevigiana, Treviso, Veneto -   Italy
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Treviso, Province of Treviso, Veneto Region
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Ex-RAF Spitfire LF. IX MK193: Built at CBAF (Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory) with Merlin M66 engine. To 33MU RAF Lyneham Wiltshire 20-1-44. To 442 (Fighter) Squadron RCAF 13-3-44. Cat. B accident 3-7-44. To 350 (Belgian) Squadron coded 'MN-S' 1-9-44. To 322 (Netherlands) Squadron 4-9-44. To 6MU RAF Brize Norton 1-3-45. To 12FU. To 1 OADU (Overseas Aircraft Delivery Unit) 3-4-45. To Mediterranean Allied Air Force 5-4-45. To 93 Squadron on or after 1-1-46; on 1-1-46 237 (Rhodesia) Squadron was renumbered as 93 Squadron in Italy.

To Italian Air Force (Aeronautica Militare Italiana (AMI)) 30-5-46 as MM4008

Written off when crashed 12-8-47 near Campagna Trevigiana, Treviso, Veneto, Italy. Pilot Ten Puggioni survived.

Sources:

1. https://allspitfirepilots.org/aircraft/MK193
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p069.html
3. https://www.avialogs.com/spitfire-and-seafire-registry/item/85783-mk193
4. http://www.panterenere.it/storia/incivolo.html
5. https://danishww2pilots.dk/aircraft.php?aircraft=10828
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/442_Transport_and_Rescue_Squadron#History
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/350th_Squadron_(Belgium)#With_the_Royal_Air_Force
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._322_Squadron_RNLAF#British_service
9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._93_Squadron_RAF
10. https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storia_di_Treviso
11. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treviso

Location

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
09-Sep-2013 20:08 TB Added
28-Oct-2013 10:54 TB Updated [Total fatalities, Source, Narrative]
11-May-2023 16:46 Dr. John Smith Updated [[Total fatalities, Source, Narrative]]
29-Aug-2023 17:33 Dr. John Smith Updated [[[Total fatalities, Source, Narrative]]]

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