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SM79 - Aircraft Details - Aviation Directory

SM79

Name : SM79
Manufacturer : Savoia Marchetti

Squadrons for : SM79
A list of all squadrons known to have flown the SM79. A profile page is available by clicking the squadron name.
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281 Squadriglia Country : Italy Click the name above to see prints featuring aircraft of 281 Squadriglia	281 Squadriglia On 5 March 1941 was formed a new torpedo unit of Regia Aeronautica, the Squadriglia, sent on March 20 281 in GadurrÃ on the island of Rhodes, and Carlo Emanuele Buscaglia, promoted Captain, He was transferred in theAegean and appointed commander of the unit, which conducted the first action South of Crete on March 24. On the evening of 2 April attacked a British convoy sailing from Alexandria to Athens by launching a torpedo against a cargo ship from 15 000 tons, but the darkness did not allow him to verify the outcome of the action. From 21 April to July 1, 281 Âª and 279 Squadriglia were incorporated into 34 Âº Group autonomous from bombing, returning to the role of torpedo Squadron. The 8 may, the Squadriglia 281 earned his second win with a patrol of three planes led by Buscaglia, Pietro Greco and Carlo Faggioni. The three attacked the Allied convoy. 30, took off from Port Said to Sweat, striking with a torpedo-boat " Rawnsley British from 5,000 tons. Buscaglia claimed to have torpedoed a cruiser from 7,000 tons, which excludes could be of Rawnsley, it was certainly affected by the other two drivers who claimed to have torpedoed a ship each. According to British sources, however, the damage was credited to German aircraft[2]. Despite the severe damage reported, Rawnsley was able to continue sailing at a speed of eight knots, driven by trawler HMS Grimsby and escorted by Australian destroyer HMAS Waterhen babies. Scope for running aground in the Bay of Ierapetra, on the southern coast of Crete, Rawnsley was destroyed in night on 12 may by German bombers of the eighth. Fliegerkorps (SÃ¼d) that, after the surrender of Greece, had settled on Greek airports. At the end of June the base of 281 Squadriglia of GadurrÃ was attacked by British aircraft and one bomb hit a S.M. 79 by exploding torpedo hooked under the plane and causing the destruction of three more torpedo planes. After collecting other aircraft at the Officine Reggiane of Reggio Emilia, the Squadron returned to action on July 4th 281: four planes, piloted by Buscaglia, Faggioni, Joseph Cator and Mahanama attacked a Cruiser South of Famagusta to no avail. The next July 9, still in the Bay of Famagusta and Faggioni, Buscaglia, with one engine inoperative due to a shot of aircraft equipment, dropped a torpedo against a cargo ship from 5 000 tons. On 19 July again Buscaglia and Faggioni attacked a ship at Marsa Matruh being damaged by heavy flak and reaction from attack by some hunting Hurricane while returning to base. On 6 August Buscaglia, Graziani and Felix attacked two destroyers off the coast of Marsa Matruh, and on 20 August following they attacked three others off the coast of Alexandria. After this period of activity not comforted by no positive result, the 11 August Buscaglia, Graziani and Felix attacked, 40 miles northwest of Port Said, the netlayer British HMS Protector by 2,900 tons. Struck at 16:30 from the torpedo dropped by Buscaglia, which caused the shutdown of the engine room, killing two men, and three wounded, the Protector was towed to Port Said by the Corvette Sage, only to be sent to Bombay where completed repairs. Damage to the Protector had been always credited to Lieutenant Graziani, left wingman attack Buscaglia, but from a chart in a publication of theBritish Admiralty is clearly seen that the torpedo Graziani, in the attack left wingman Buscaglia, slipped off a few meters away from the hull of the netlayer in turn, while that of Buscaglia, who was the first to launch, hit the target on the left flank. The torpedo of Felix, right wingman by Buscaglia, grazed also the side Protector. After this series of actions, the 281 Squadriglia suspended operations for a certain period and Buscaglia went into action on 23 November: returning license at 15.55, S.M. 79 by Buscaglia and Lieutenant Luigi Rovelli, took off fromGadurrÃ airport to Rhodes, sighted and then attacked, eight miles west of Marsa Matruh, the British ship landing craft infantry (LSI) HMS Glenroy, carrying landing craft with eighty soldiers destined to the garrison of Tobruk and was escorted by the Cruiser HMS Carlisle -aircraft and two destroyers. The Glenroy was hit severely by a torpedo that was attributed to Buscaglia although flak ships violent reaction and the appearance of three P-40 fighter had not allowed to verify with certainty the result of the attack. On 14 December the 281 Squadriglia was split into two groups of three aircraft each and Buscaglia, with Face and Felix was transferred at Gazala in Cyrenaica. On 17 December, during the first battle of Sirte, the six planes of 281 Squadriglia was given the order to attack the battleships of escorting a British convoy bound for Malta and the Italian reconnaissance had mistakenly spotted the battleship HMS Valiant: Felix's plane was shot down and was unable to verify the result of the attack Buscaglia for the firm reaction of opposing aircraft. On 1 January 1942 and disbanded on 1 April 1942 reborn framed in command of Garrison in 132 Âº Group Autonomous torpedo planes equipped with Savoia-Marchetti SM 79 Sparviero aircraft based atthe airport of Littoria. Then takes theFontanarossa airport and in June at the airbase of Gerbini. On 12 November following navigate to Face when the Department was at theAirport of Castelvetrano

Last edited : 11:28, February 28, 2018
Last editor : HMS

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