Crash of a Savoia-Marchetti SM.79 Sparviero off Sciacca: 4 killed
Date & Time:
Aug 14, 1942
Operator:
Survivors:
No
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane was shot down by a RAF fighter and crashed into the sea off Sciacca. All four crew members were killed. The wreckage was found in 2016.
Crew:
Italo Panettoni,
Dante Zaccardelli,
Renato Zinzi,
Enrico Quattrini.
Crew:
Italo Panettoni,
Dante Zaccardelli,
Renato Zinzi,
Enrico Quattrini.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a British fighter.
