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Date: | Tuesday 12 October 1937 |
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Type: | Fiat CR.32 |
Owner/operator: | Aviazione Legionaria |
Registration: | Unknown |
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Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Over Puebla de Albortón (Zaragoza) -
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 Republican fighters. The Fiat was engaged in an overwhelming battle against fighters escorting a bomber squadron. The aircraft was hit, and the pilot Tenente Alessio Neri had to bail out. He survived and became POW, later executed in Lleida, 16th October 1937
Sources:
1.Revista Aeroplano Nº 10 "Los chatos en España (III) "
Estanislao Abellán Agius Pag 54
IHCA 1992
2.https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alessio_Neri
3.https://italianiinguerra.wordpress.com/2021/10/16/medaglie-doro-della-guerra-di-spagna-tenente-pilota-alessio-neri-lleida-catalogna-16-ottobre-1937/
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
29-Jan-2022 13:29 |
volman |
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