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1942-02-15: U-331 rescued 5 airmen of a Savoia-Marchetti SM.79
U-331 (Kptlt Hans-Diedrich Freiherr von Tiesenhausen) rescued five crewmen of an Italian bomber from a rubber dinghy in the Mediterranean Sea in M.Qu. CO 9225 (approx. 31°57'N, 26°18'E, about 30 nautical miles north-east of Sidi Barrani, Egypt) at 2020hrs on 15 February 1942. The survivors stated that their aircraft had been shot down by three Curtiss fighters after a successful attack on a cruiser.
1942-02-15, 205a Squadriglia, SM.79, ?
Shot down in aerial combat, loss 100% (shot down by 3 Hurricanes of 30 Sqn RAF (Sgt Marrack, Sgt Bate, Sgt Lawrence) while attacking the returning Malta convoy MW-9)
Capitano Marini, Marino survived
Flugzeugführer Angelini, survived
Bordfunker Caponi, survived
Bordschütze Italo, survived
Fotograf Ugo, survived
Bordmechaniker 1o Aviere Motorista Colucci, Giuseppe, +
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