September 3, 2010 at 4:39 pm
Can anyone help me with the fate of the Aeronautica Militare Italiano SIAI Marchetti S.M.102 MM61791 which languished at Bovingdon until about 1960. The reprint of W&R 1 (1961) – from which the attached image of the aeroplane is taken – says that it was dismantled there in August 1960. Does anyone know any more of this or of what became of it after being dismantled? I’ve found what I think to be a subsequent reference to it on the web which describes it as “Roma – Demolitore Bentivoglio via Bufalotta” (perhaps someone with more Italian than me can translate that) together with undated photographs of the forward fuselage in a sorry state. Also does anyone know why and when it came to be at Bovingdon and what was the reason for its apparently lengthy sojourn there?
By: T-21 - 6th September 2010 at 22:21
http://www.wonwinglo.scale-models.net/id48.htm scroll to about 2/3rds in.