[Gianandrea Bussi]

From the books about the history of the 30° Stormo BT, edited by the IAF Historical Office in 1974 and written by Maurizio Croci, and from "Volare a Faenza", by Angelo Emiliani, 2003:

On 6 june, a CZ.1007 bis of the 195a Sq., 90° Gruppo, based at Rhodos, didn't come back from a "ricognizione offensiva" south of Cyprus and off of the Syrian coast; its taken off time was 7.10 a.m. (ten. pil. Zorzut Arrigo, serg. pil. Saccomandi Primo, av. sc. arm. Albanese Mario, av. sc. elettr. Murreli Francesco).
Two other bombers of the same Squadriglia took off at 1.00 p.m. in order to search the missing airmen: they spotted the relic at 3.00 p.m. and at 3.40 they were attacked by a Beaufighter and two "Spitfires" (according to Emiliani, from 46 and 127 Squadron respect).
One of the CANT was hit, two of the crewmember (serg. magg. arm. De Bernardini and m.llo pil. Nunnari) being wounded.
A7 4.30, the two bombers were attacked by two other "Spitfire": the wingman CANT (MM 24758) was seen coming away with the right engine in flames (ten. pil. Marri Alessandro, ten. pil. Silvestro Mario, av. sc. mot. Tosi Marino, av. sc. arm. Pinna Angelo, av. sc. marc. Merloni Guerriero, 1° av. fot. Romano Calogero) at lat. 33°40' and long. 30° 30'.
Only the first aircraft managed to come back to its homebase with the two wounded.

All the other crews were posted missing excepted ten. Marri, whose body was found, dead, in a lifeboat on the turkish beach at Karatasc (60 km from Adana) in the night between 15 and 16 june.

Best regards

Gianandrea