| Date: | Friday 17 January 1941 |
| Time: | 03:30 |
| Type: |  Savoia-Marchetti SM-75 |
| Owner/operator: | Ala Littoria |
| Registration: | I-LUME |
| MSN: | 32032 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 17 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Catania-Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) -
 Italy
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Catania-Fontanarossa Airport (CTA/LICC) |
Some thirty minutes after takeoff the airplane was forced to return to Catania with the right engine on fire. On landing it struck two Luftwaffe Ju 88 aircraft, causing substantial damage. Passengers and crew had the time to escape before the fire destroyed the aircraft
Sources:
Dimensione Cielo, Ed. Bizzarri Roma Vol. 8 pag. 62
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