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Re: Again a Spitfire crash site?
Hi, I think that because there were many Spitfire losses, to just say "around Salerno, and he must be buried in Salerno War Cemetery" is just too vague for a better identification. It's a hillside, is it a mountain, can you give us a better location on Google Earth perhaps?
Any information from local residents about a possible time when this happened? Was it shot down or just crashed into the hillside? Does anyone remember whether there was a body buried or did he bale out. The combination of 20 mm cannon shells and 0.303 ammunition (some of which was manufactured in 1943) will point to it probably being a Mark IX with the "C" wing, not the "E" wing which had 0.50 calibre ammunition... That's about all we can tell you so far....... - but at least it looks as if it is a Spitfire this time and not a Wellington!! |
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