Crash of a Savoia-Marchetti SM.75 off Capri Island: 7 killed
Date & Time:
Dec 24, 1940 at 1130 LT
Operator:
Registration:
I-LIGO
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Catania – Rome
MSN:
32035
YOM:
1939
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
3
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
En route from Catania to Rome, the three engine aircraft was shot down by the pilot of a RAF fighter and crashed in the sea some 40 nautical miles southwest of Capri Island. All seven occupants were killed.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a RAF fighter.
