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Registration: MM61537

Construction Number: 11

Code Number: SM1

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

Taxying on two engines so the crew could hear the tower on the radio? On the RAF side of Northolt. 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:1746228

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