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Re: Italian Bomber plane losses June 1940
Robert,
I may give you the following details:
- seven S.79 of the 32° Stormo (out of a total of 21 taiking part to that action) were slightly damaged by splitters of AAA during the bombing of Biserta harbour on 12 june 1940.
- The S.79 damaged by a MS.406 on 21 june 1940 during a recce mission over Biserta belonged to 259a Sq. BT (first pilot Ten. Atti). Four crewmembers wounded.
- CZ.501 146-2 ditched 30 nautical miles south of Capo Spartivento in the afternoon of 17 june 1940.
Sources: Cesare Gori, Il Savoia Marchetti S.M. 79 nel secondo conflitto mondiale, Aeronautica Militare Ufficio Storico, 2004
Alessandro Ragatzu, Cagliari-Elmas vol. 2 1940-1944, Alisea Edizioni, 2007.
Best regards
Gianandrea
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