Fighter plane crashed in Piedmont (Italy)

[claudio82clod]

Hello everyone, I'm a freelance researcher Italian . In the past I have done research on a German plane crashed in Corsaglia Valley (http://storieefoto.blogspot.it/2013/...88-in-val.html)

I'm doing research on a fighter shot down in World War II .
I believe it was a British or USAF airplane.
Unfortunately I have very few information , I just know that it happened in the period to mid-summer 1944 .
The town where this plane crashed is Villanova Mondovi in the province of Cuneo.

These are the coordinates of the area of impact 44°22'10.07"N 7°45'23.92"E

From the stories of some partisans who at the time occupied the valleys the pilot parachuted out of a nearby village and was rescued . Was not captured by Nazzi or fascist troops

I know they were removed from the plane two machine guns and the partisans tried to use them but failed . They were too damaged .

Unfortunately I doubt that it could be an English plane since I do not know for what reason was there .


Probably it was an action against the airport near Mondovi or railway lines, I found that there were bombing missions of Ceva , Mondovi , Lesegno , Turin . I have not found the mission in mid 1944 in which a fighter crashed around mondovì .

[Flupke]

Hello

I think it was the 20/8/44 P-47D-23-RA #42-27916 86th FG 526th FS F/O Jorgensen Reginald H. (EVD+POW)T-124656 MACR 8772


Regards
Phil

[Tony Kambic]

The cam shaft is not from a P-47. Possibly a Merlin.

[claudio82clod]

Thanks , unfortunately I had already seen the macr 8772 but according to an expert in aeronautics is impossible that has come up in Mondovi with the engine on fire.

The cam shaft in the first link is another plane.

[Tony Kambic]

I did misread the thread and see that the cam is from a Jumo 213 from the 1st aircraft discovery.

If the new find turns out to be a P-47, and you find any engine parts, please post. I am actively restoring an R-2800 and am becoming very familiar with the engine parts.

Tony

[claudio82clod]

Hello everyone.
Today I had some news from an old partisan .
Unfortunately the help you gave me does not fit with his tale .
I also found a number of articles on a local weekly written after the war that confirm his story .
The plane we are looking rushed in October 1944 and was certainly English.
There is a database similar to macr for england ?
Thank you so much again .
Claudio

[claudio82clod]

I found the little book that talks about this event .
I also found a newspaper article of the 90 that interview a veteran.

From this article the exact date would be August 20, 1944, RAF's airplane.

The pilot could be Scottish William Mc Clelland.

Unfortunately, on this last part I did not certainties.

[claudio82clod]

Thanks to Nick Beale I have the list of Allied missions on 20 and 21 August.
the list goes from 19 to 19 the next day . But what's the time zone?

[claudio82clod]

no idea?

[Nick Beale]

Originally Posted by claudio82clod

Thanks to Nick Beale I have the list of Allied missions on 20 and 21 August.
the list goes from 19 to 19 the next day . But what's the time zone?

Greenwich Mean Time + 2 hours.