Savoia-Marchetti SM.79 Sparviero

Italian Air Force - Aeronautica Militare Italiana

While on a test flight, the aircraft crashed in unknown circumstances in Segni, about 40 km southeast of Guidonia airbase. Two crew members were injured while the pilot Antonio Biscardi was killed.

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The crew was performing a training sortie from Pisa Airport. While cruising off Viareggio, the three-engine aircraft was mistakenly shot down by the crew of the German cargo ship christened 'Nicoline Maersk'. The aircraft crashed into the sea and was lost, killing all five crew members. Some debris of the wreckage were found in 1984. Crew: Ten Cipriani, S/Ten Fasciani, A/S Bufali, A/S Cosana, A/A Domanetti.

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The three engine aircraft left El Feteyat Airfield at 1700LT bound for Tobruk. Half way down, the crew informed ground he was about 160 km east of his departure point. While approaching Tobruk, the aircraft was hit by flak, went out of control and crashed in flames in the desert, some 60 km west of Tobruk. All nine occupants were killed, among them the Italian Minister of Aviation Italo Balbo. Crew: Marechal Italo Balbo, Pilot, Major Ottavio Frailich, copilot, Captain Gino Cappannini, flight engineer, Sergeant-Major Giuseppe Berti, radio navigator, Enrico Caretti, Lino Balbo, Claudio Brunelli, Nello Quilici, Cino Florio.

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The three engine aircraft, owned by the Aviazione Legionaria, was performing a bombing mission on behalf of the Spanish Nationalists Forces in Catalonia. En route, a bomb detonated in the bomb bay and the aircraft crashed in a huge explosion, killing all 17 occupants.

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The three engine aircraft, owned by the Aviazione Legionaria, was performing a bombing mission on behalf of the Spanish Nationalists Forces in Catalonia. En route, the aircraft collided with another SM.79 that was hit by Flak, went out of control, dove into the ground and crashed in a huge explosion, killing all 17 occupants.