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Originally Posted by Andy Saunders
My point was that the date stamps are always helpful in the process of identification; eg a 1944 stamp would rule out a 1943 crash, for instance. Given the location, though, I suspect we can be pretty much sure of the year anyway.
The warning klaxon is rather more indicative of type than the .303 or 20mm case "suggesting" it to be a Spitfie.
If there is a dearth of information then any little nugget can be helpful.
Experience of identifying a good few hundred wrecks since 1969 has taught me that.....!
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Because of printing on bullets we can be sure that aircraft was crashed in 1942 or 1943 (1944 the front line is over Salerno). We not know the exact date but a witnesse that was a child when it crashed said to us that pilot was killed in the crash.
There are pilots of Spitfire crashed around Salerno in 1942 or 1943? Surely he was buried in Salerno War Cemetery.