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Re: Mc202s in Dodecanese Oct/Nov 1943?
The book about the history of the 154° Gruppo contains a few details about the activities of pilots of this unit after the armistice: they come from the Achille Vigna book about Italian AF in the period 1943-1952.
According to these sources, C.202 flew escorts to german bombers. They operated in the "Reparto Aereo Dodecanneso", formed on 30 october 1943.
One pilot was lost on 14 dicembre 1943 , shot down off Rhodos with his C.202: serg. magg. pil. Domenico Sancristoforo, allegedly the first pilot lost in combat by ANR.
The name of this pilot don't appear in the official loss personnel list (ANR and RA) held at the Italian AF historical Office (but this list is not 100% complete).
Two pictures are published: one with C.202's having spiral painted on their spinner, allegedly "the allarm patrol at Rhodos Maritsa"; a C.202 with german insigna, whose camouflage, according to the caption, was "very probably due" to the work of a maintenance unit operating in the Aegean when Luftwaffe markings were painted (near the aircraft, serg. magg. pil. Luigi Nazzari).
I've simply write down the info contained in the book in order to inform Ferdinando, the top ANR expert, of these details.
I don't know if they are true or not....
Gianandrea
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