ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 234485
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Date: | Friday 10 April 1936 |
Time: | 20:50 LT |
Type: | Caproni Ca.100 |
Owner/operator: | Regia Aeronautica |
Registration: | M.M.55926 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Lonate Pozzolo, Varese, Lombardy -
Italy
|
Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Lonate Pozzolo |
Destination airport: | Lonate Pozzolo |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Generale di Brigata Aerea Mario Beltramo flying a Caproni Ca.100 (Fiat A.50) elementary trainer, stalled and crashed during a solo night flying proficiency exercise at Lonate Pozzolo military air base at 2050 hrs.
Commander of the 4ª Brigata (4th Air Brigade) of 1°Zona (1st Air Defence Zone) based at Campo della Promesa. Lonate Pozzolo, Generale Mario Beltramo, age 43, was commencing a cycle of night flying training exercises as prescribed under his own orders. Executing a turn at low level for landing at the field he stalled and crashed near the Cascina Caldarona (an agricultural building complex).
On March 27, 1938, the Turin-Caselle military airfield was named after General Beltrami. After being converted into the city's commercial airport from 1953, it was later named after President Alessandro Pertini.
Sources:
Generale Gian Mario Beltramo.
http://www.fmboschetto.it/Lonate_Pozzolo/Beltrami.htm Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
28-Mar-2020 21:36 |
TB |
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11-Jun-2020 09:19 |
CostinD |
Updated [Date, Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
23-Jan-2022 15:20 |
J155 |
Updated [Location] |
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