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Date: | Tuesday 16 July 1940 |
Time: | |
Type: | Savoia-Marchetti SM.79T |
Owner/operator: | Ala Littoria |
Registration: | I-ALAN |
MSN: | 19052 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Benghazi -
Libya
|
Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Cargo |
Departure airport: | Italy |
Destination airport: | Abyssinia via Benghazi |
Narrative:Aborted take-off at Benghazi and undercarriage collapsed. British troops found the wreck in February 1941.
Sources:
http://wp.scn.ru/en/ww2/b/314/5077/0#1 https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:SM79_Ala_Littoria.png Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
10-Oct-2010 14:42 |
TB |
Added |
10-Oct-2010 15:01 |
TB |
Updated [Source] |
13-Oct-2010 15:52 |
TB |
Updated [Narrative] |
23-Jan-2014 20:14 |
TB |
Updated [Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
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