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Crash of a Savoia-Marchetti SM.83 in Athens: 3 killed

Date & Time: Aug 16, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
I-ANDE
Flight Phase:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Athens – Rome
MSN:
34011
YOM:
1939
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The three engine aircraft crashed on take off from Athens Airport while on a flight to Rome, Italy. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Cpt Armando Fioretti, pilot,
Lt Amato Gennaro, radio operator,
Mr. Navarra, flight engineer.

Crash of a Savoia-Marchetti SM.83T into the Mediterranean Sea: 16 killed

Date & Time: Jan 10, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
I-AREM
Flight Phase:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Rome – Seville – Villa Cisneros – Sal – Natal – Rio de Janeiro
MSN:
34019
YOM:
1939
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
12
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
16
Circumstances:
The three engine aircraft was on its way from Italy to Brazil and departed Rome for the first leg to Seville. While overflying the Mediterranean Sea, contact was lost and it crashed in unknown circumstances into the sea. As the airplane failed to land at Seville Airport, SAR operations were initiated but eventually suspended few days later as no trace of the aircraft nor the 16 occupants was ever found.
Crew:
Vittorio Suster, pilot,
Daniele Baldini, pilot,
Mr. Andenna, flight engineer,
Mr. Verdosci, radio operator.

Crash of a Savoia-Marchetti SM.83 in Léopoldville

Date & Time: May 5, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
OO-AUC
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
34003
YOM:
1938
Region:
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
Crashed in unknown circumstances. There were no casualties.

Crash of a Savoia-Marchetti SM.83T in Dar el Caïd Allal Bou Fenzi: 7 killed

Date & Time: Dec 24, 1939
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
I-ARPA
Flight Phase:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Rio de Janeiro – Recife – Sal – Villa Cisneros – Lisbon – Seville – Rome
MSN:
34017
YOM:
1939
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
3
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
While overflying Morocco in poor weather conditions, the pilot lost control of the aircraft that crashed in Dar el Caïd Allal Bou Fenzi, some 60 km southeast of Mogador. All seven occupants, three Italian journalists and four crew members, were killed. This route was inaugurated from Rome to Rio de Janeiro three days ago, on December 21, 1939 and this was the first back trip to Italy with the German diplomatic mail on board.