Mosquito loss in the Po Valley, Italy - 22 April 1945

[Alex Smart]

Hello,
Nothing more in the 6 pages of the MACR other than what you have already related in your first post.
From the book by Nick Beale, "Air War Italy 1944-45" has little more than the following -
Page 205
"22 April 1945
Oblt. Sommer flew T9+FH over the Po Valley, covering the German retreat. After what appeared to be a solo weather reconnaissance about 30 night- attack sorties were mounted round Bologna. Four or five aircraft strafed II Corps HQ and a single aircraft shot up Fifth Army HQ around midnight. A lone Ju 188 flew a short mission. That night an aircraft in Croat markings took off from Milan-Linate for Spain. This was an S.83T (factory number 34013, formerly civil registration I-ARCA) of the RSI Air Ministry, carrying VIP's and political documents to a neutral haven. The "disguise" had been adopted to circumvent political/diplomatic restrictions on landing rights and the transport landed at Barcelona airport."

1 -Oblt Sommer in T9-FH may have had contact with the Mossie ?
2 -The bit about " After what appeared to be a solo weather reconnaissance" may be the Mossie ?
3 -The second bit although it may have been later in the day is "A lone Ju 188 flew a short mission" what was this and was there any contact with any enemy aircraft that may have been the Mossie ?

Sorry I cannot be of more help, good luck in your search.
Alex

P.S
The MACR for P-61 42-39515 was 13803 (seven pages), and just to add this was a night time take off with a three man crew, the Mossie had two man crew.
Perhaps someone could pin-point the positions of both a/c's crash place.