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Re: MC 202 loss
Dear Stefaan,
as you probably already know, according with Christopher Shores and Hans Ring, two Messerschmitt 109 of III/JG 53 were present during the day in an action very similar to the one you described (perhaps the same) and according with the claim-list of Tony Woods a Beaufighter was claimed shot down at 12.45 by Lieutenant Hermann Munzert of 9./JG 53, so -if the Macchis and the German fighters took part in the same action- they probably attacked the same plane each one unware of the other, a plane that at the end survived.
Back to the Italian losses, what I wrote you was only a collection of secondary sources that -altough interesting for your research- doesn't imply that -for sure- no Macchi was lost in the circumstances you described. A superior level of accuracy, together with the hour of the engagement and detail of the damage suffered by the planes of Lancia and Palumbo, you could find in the Italian Records of the time, that should be held in Rome.
Finally, yes, obviously you can quote my (very) loose translation without problems, just correct the English please.
The original source from which it was taken is: "Il 2° Stormo, note storiche dal 1925 al 1975. -Gino Strada- S.T.E.M. Mucchi/USSMA, Modena/Roma 1975".
Ciao.
Ludovico
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