ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 161724
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| Date: | Friday 7 March 1947 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire IX |
| Owner/operator: | Aeronautica Militare Italiana (AMI) |
| Registration: | PT590 |
| MSN: | CBAF. |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Borgo San Pelagio, Trieste, Friuli-Venezia Giulia -
 Italy
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Treviso, Province of Treviso, Veneto Region |
PT590: Spitfire LF IX, built at CBAF (Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory) with Merlin M66 engine. To 33MU RAF Lyneham, Wiltshire 22-7-44. To 82MU RAF Lichfield, Fradley, Staffordshire 29-7-44 for packing and crating for shipment overseas. To 1 PATP then shipped on the ss 'Silversandal' 9-8-44, arriving Casablanca, Morocco 23-8-44. To 237 Squadron in Corsica later in 1944. To Mediterranean Air Force Command 21-6-45. Struck off RAF charge upon transfer to Aeronautica Militare Italiana (AMI - Italian Air Force) 30-5-46
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 7-3-47 when crashed at Borgo San Pelagio, Trieste, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy. Pilot Ten Puggioni survived.
Borgo San Pelagio is a neighbourhood in Trieste, Friuli-Venezia Giulia. Borgo San Pelagio is situated nearby to the suburb San Giovanni / Sveti Ivan and the locality Curva Faccanoni.
Sources:
1. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p092.html
2. https://www.avialogs.com/spitfire-and-seafire-registry/item/87299-pt590
3. https://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=PT590
4. https://allspitfirepilots.org/aircraft/PT590
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._237_Squadron_RAF#History
6. http://www.panterenere.it/storia/incivolo.html
7. https://www.percorsiprovinciats.it/home/dettagliomap/379 [Italian text]
8. https://mapcarta.com/N9325445405
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Oct-2013 11:03 | TB | Added |
| 28-Oct-2013 11:03 | TB | Updated [Operator] |
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