Italian activity on 4 March 1943

[Andrew Arthy]

Hi,

From the Italian records in NARA T821 (kindly provided by Mark):

"4 Mc 202 avvistavano presso Isola Zembra una formazione di 15 bimotori 'Boston' scortati da velivoli da caccia bicode. che stavano bombardando 5 motozattere; 2 Mc 202 intervenuti prontamente raggiungevano bombardieri presso Isola Plane e ne mitragiavano efficacemente due. 1 nostro Mc.200 per cause imprecisate e precipitato in mare."

So it would seem that there was no enemy involvement in the loss.

Cheers,
Andrew A.
Air War Publications - www.airwarpublications.com

[Laurent Rizzotti]

Thanks a lot for these replies

[Ludovico Slongo]

Dear Andrew,
when you mentioned that there was no enemy involvement in the loss, which loss do you mean? That of Balbo or that of Gasaway ?
All the data mentioned in the thread were new to me and I found them most interesting, thanks to all.
Ludovico