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| Date: | Saturday 29 November 1947 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire IX |
| Owner/operator: | Aeronautica Militare Italiana - AMI |
| Registration: | MJ955 |
| MSN: | CBAF. |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Colognola ai Colli, 9 miles East of Verona, Veneto -
 Italy
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
MJ955: Spitfire LF. IX. Built at CBAF (Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory) with Merlin M66. To 33MU RAF Lyneham, Wiltshire 20-1-44. To 349 (Belgian) Squadron RAF Digby, Scopwick, Lincolnshire coded 'GE-T' 16-2-44. Cat. C accident 12-6-44. To 421RSU for repairs 15-6-44. To 403 ("City of Calgary") Squadron RCAF 27-7-44. Cat C accident 17-8-44. To 43 Squadron coded 'FT-O'. Hit by flak and abandoned 18-4-45, pilot Lt J O Connell safe. To 29MU RAF High Ercall, Shropshire 3-2-45 for repairs. To 12FU. To 1 OADU (Overseas Aircraft Delivery Unit) 10-3-45. To Mediterranean Allied Air Force 12-3-45. To Italian Air Force (Aeronautica Militare Italiana (AMI)) 26-6-47
Written off 29-11-47 when crashed at Colognola ai Colli, 9 miles East of Verona, Veneto. Pilot, Ferdinando Battini killed.
Colognola ai Colli is a commune (municipality) in the Province of Verona in the Italian region Veneto, located about 90 kilometres (56 mi) west of Venice and about 15 kilometres (9 miles) east of Verona.
Sources:
1. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p068.html
2. https://allspitfirepilots.org/aircraft/MJ955
3. https://www.avialogs.com/spitfire-and-seafire-registry/item/85686-mj955
4. https://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=MJ955
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/349th_Squadron_(Belgium)
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/403_Helicopter_Operational_Training_Squadron#World_War_II
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._43_Squadron_RAF#Second_World_War
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colognola_ai_Colli
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-Sep-2013 19:58 | TB | Added |
| 24-Jul-2018 08:04 | j155 | Updated [Total fatalities, Location, Phase, Narrative, ] |
| 09-May-2023 00:05 | Dr. John Smith | Updated |
| 27-Aug-2023 21:56 | Dr. John Smith | Updated |
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