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Registration: MM61537

Construction Number: 11

Code Number: SM-1

Model Fiat G.212

Operator: Italian Air Force / Aeronautica Militare

Airport: RAF Northolt (NHT / EGWU), UK - England

Photographer: Les Vowles

Date Taken: 04/09/1950

Date Submitted: 12/03/2021

Trimotors were becoming rarer post-war. This example was wrecked 11 DEC 1953....'The crew was performing a local training flight at Rome-Centocelle Airport. On finals, they decided to go around to avoid another aircraft on approach, stalled and crashed on sand short of the runway and hit a dyke. Both pilots injured, aircraft damaged beyond repair.'

Picture ID:1746227

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