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5th January 2008, 15:39
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Any info on Gruppo Aerosiluranti 'Buscaglia' losses 1944 ?
Can any one confrim any of Gruppo Aerosiluranti 'Buscaglia' losses on these dates:-
10-3-44 one SM79 lost Anzio area to Allied Nightfigters ? 13/14-3-44 two SM79 lost Adriatic coast to Allied Nightfigters ? Any details would be of help. Regards David 
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5th January 2008, 17:53
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Re: Any info on Gruppo Aerosiluranti 'Buscaglia' losses 1944 ?
Happy New Year to all the members of this forum.
Dear David, regarding you questions: on 10-3-44, during the attack conducted by six SM79 @ 22:40 along the coast of Anzio, a SM79 (B2-07) was shot down by night fighters (crew: Ten.pil. Teta Giovanni; Serg.M.pil. Poggini Alessandro; 1°av.marc. Rizzo Gino; 1° av.mot. Siolo Amilcare; Serg.arm. Nuvoli Andrea). on 13-3-44 I am aware of only one loss: during a (solo) ferry flight from Perugia to Gorizia (for the replacement of a torpedo) a SM79 (B2-08) was shot down near the Rimini coast by enemy fighters (crew, all MIA: Ten.pil. Balzarotti Giuseppe; Serg.pil. Berni Tullio; Serg.M.marc. Buzzinelli Stanislao; 1°av.mot. Verroni Vero; M.llo elet. Bellagamba Mauro). source: Carlo Unia, Storia degli Aerosiluranti Italiani - parte Quinta Best Regards Marco
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5th January 2008, 19:05
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Re: Any info on Gruppo Aerosiluranti 'Buscaglia' losses 1944 ?
May I recommend Nick Beale, Ferdinando D’Amico and Gabriele Valentini, Air War Italy 1944–45, the Axis Air Forces from the Liberation of Rome to the Surrender (Airlife Publishing Ltd., Shrewsbury, 1996) ISBN 1 85310 252 0 ?
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6th January 2008, 20:49
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Re: Any info on Gruppo Aerosiluranti 'Buscaglia' losses 1944 ?
Thank you Marco
Can you tell me more about your source ? Regards Daivd
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6th January 2008, 20:49
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Re: Any info on Gruppo Aerosiluranti 'Buscaglia' losses 1944 ?
Hi Nick
I do have this book and would recommend it to anyone interested in the Air War over Italy. Regards Daivd
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8th January 2008, 03:07
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Re: Any info on Gruppo Aerosiluranti 'Buscaglia' losses 1944 ?
David,
my main source is the book "Storia degli Aerosiluranti Italiani" by Carlo Unia. It was published in 1974 by Edizioni Bizzarri - Roma. The book (426 pg.) describes in detail the history of all the Italian Aerosiluranti groups, with a day-by-day account of the missions from 1940 to the end of the war. Another source, "L' Aeronautica Nazionale Repubblicana" by Nino Arena confirms the data listed in my previous post. Regards Marco
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