On May 14, 1944 eighteen Macchi C.205s scrambled from Reggio Emilia a/f against enemy bombers in Veneto area. Three bombers were claimed apparently by M.llo Scarpa. S.M. Leone and S.Ten. Storchi (no claims ever made either by Cartosio or Cucchi on that day).
None of the above claims was confirmed by the Germans (nor by Allied sources), so they have to be considered as unconfirmed claims only.
One C.205 was lost with Ten. Bruno Cartosio KIA. The plane with the pilot body inside crashed in Megliadino S. Fidenzio (Padua). For many years the place was mistaken with Megliadino S. Vitale, only a few miles southward.
On 27 October 2001 the area was excavated and remains of the plane found.
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