Z.506B shoot downs 1940/41

[Brian]

Hi guys

Has anyone any details regarding Z.506s shot down, please?

30 December 1940: Z.506B 190 Squadriglia (Bazzi crew)

22 February 1941: Z.506B 86 Gruppo

Cheers
Brian

[sparviero III]

Cant Z 506 190a squadriglia 86° Gruppo Bombardamento Marittimo crew KIA: ten pil. Bazzi Domenico, serg.pil. Acuti Elisio, aviere scelto Motorista (engineer) Mera Libero, aviere scelto Armiere ( gun) Di Salvo Salvatore, 1° aviere marconista ( radio oper.) Buongiorno Cosimo;

Cant Z 506 191a Squadriglia 86° Gr. shot down near island of Zante ( Zakynthos) by a pair Blenheims IF 30 Squadron ( sq/ldr Milward e flg/off Davidson); crew is not known

[Brian]

Hi Sparviero

Many thanks indeed.

I believe some if not all of the crew of the 191 Squadriglia/86 Gruppo machine were taken prisoner - would their names not be known?

Cheers
Brian

[sparviero III]

Hi Brian,
the crew was probably taken prisoner (from Malizia report in his book " LA REGIA AERONAUTICA NELLA 2^ GUERRA MONDIALE- Dai diari di guerra 1940-1942, IBN- Roma, 2013) but I just do not know their.
cordiali saluti
Antonio Inguscio

[Brian]

Hi Antonio

Thanks for the update.

Whilst you're here, are you able to provide any information on a 47 Stormo Z.1007 shot down on 22 February 1941?

Any detail will be much appreciated.

Cheers
Brian

[sparviero III]

Hi Brian,
other research of the crew Cant z 506 show down 22.2.1941: ten.pil. Alberto Alberti (KIA) ​​serg.pil. Vincenzo Casiello, aviere scelto Gambino, 1° aviere Pupino (KIA), aviere Morra and aviere allievo Cutrone.

Cant Z. 1007 bis shot down 22 February: I know that on 22 February 1941, a Cant Z. 1007 bis fell into the sea 10 miles west island Antipaxo while returning from a mission on PREVESA

would be shot down by two Blenheims of 30 Squadron ( flt/lt Dwerek Walker and flg/off "Bud"Richardson , from Italian relations would be hit by a/c ( report from book's Nicola Malizia)
saluti
Antonio Inguscio

[Gianandrea Bussi]

Accoding to the book "Gli attuali Reparti A.M. della Aviazione per la Marina" published in 1972 by the Ufficio Storico of the It. A.F., the aircraft that didn't come back on 23 february from an offensive reconnaissance mission over Navarrino- Zante- Cefalonia-Prevesa-Parga-Corfù- P. Edda - Porto Palermo belonged to 190a Sq.
Crewmembers were those ones indicated by Antonio.

Gianandrea

[Brian]

Thanks Gianandrea

Any ideas re the Z1007 lost on the same date?

Cheers
Brian