237 squadron Spitfire?

[micky]

Hello, with my friends we have found a crash site of a plane believed to be a 237 squadron spitfire. The crash site is few kms north of Sant'Andrea Bagni, near Parma, which was the site of Albert Kesserling's HQ.

A witness says that the plane was shot down just after the bombing of the HQ (october 12 1944). I don't know if was the 237 sqn who did the job, but someone can tell me the 237 squadron losses in north italy? Thanks in advance!

Mick

[Leendert]

Micky,

According spitfires.ukf.net Spitfire LFIX PT421 of 237 Squadron was shot down by Flak near Parma on 23-2-1945, so not really in the timeframe you mentioned.
Same website says that PT960 of 237 Squadron was lost at Pizzighettone on 29-3-1945, but this is more to the north...

Regards,

Leendert

[micky]

Thank you leendert, i've just read the spitfire list, and i was thinking that he was a 237 sqn spit. Checking the 12th AF targets list for october 1944, i've found that the yankee did not the job, so it may be a RAF (DAF) squadron, detached in corsica, as 237 squadron...