Suspected Spitfire Crash 6/9/44 -Italy – parts found investigation team needs help

Can anyone help to identify the machine in question? Many thanks TT

Hello folks – now have correct Spit pics from Italy – see above

“Hello i’m Cristiano Maggi From Piacenza Italy, yesterday mr Agostino Alberti Told about You and your cooperation in our aircraft lost research.

With big pleasure send you this pictures (what I have at moment) , this spitfire to be fall on 25 april 1944 , fortunalty the pilot was saved from partisan of the area but we don’t have information about him.

Will be nice know more details about him and about this history.

Thank in advance for your cooperation . “

Cheers pal!

ATB

Ben

Try Beaufighter. First picture appears to be top cowl to rear of engine, 2nd is panel in front of cockpit.

To me it doesn’t say SS it says 1944, just an odd way of writing 4.

Thanks chaps =- have sent Ago the link and hopefully he will respond!

Cheers

TT

Was the writting on there when they found it?

Says -2- Piloti Americani…. -2- American Pilot.. and the SS???

I would concur with the ‘not Spitfire’ opinion.

The large panel in the last photo, though, does seem to show the remnants of an upper-wing RAF roundel. Just a question of which type!

I dont think it is Spitfire, certainly I have never seen anything like the first picture attached to one.

PS look like engine cowlings to me – appear to be Dzus fasteners in first pic?

TT