Operation Avalanche/Luftwaffe Losses.

[Nick Beale]

I too live a few hundred miles (well, 200) from the IWM and, unless there's been some major change, you do have to visit.

An Me 210 at night over Italy is unlikely. There weren't any in the Luftflotte 2 order of battle for 20 October but there were nine Me 410s with 2.(F)/122. That unit was engaged in daylight reconnaissance and lost no aircraft on the date in question. Misidentification at night was common, not surprisingly. I'd be inclined to look at the possibility of a Ju 88 (single fin, twin engines - the sort of basic features you might be able to make out in darkness).