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WNr. 333878, S. Ten Umberto Gallori, 3
a
Squadriglia, I
o
Gruppo Caccia,
Lonate Pozzolo, Italy, March 1945
This aircraft, produced in February 1945,
was one of six Bf 109K-4s received by the
Aeronautica Nazionale Repubblicana in
Northern Italy. During February it was assigned
to 3
a
Squadriglia “Arciere”, which was part
of I
o
Gruppo Caccia “Asso di Bastoni” under
the command of Maggiore Adriano Visconti
(10 victories). The aircraft, WNr. 333878 “3-14”,
was damaged in aerial combat on April 10, 1945.
In the early morning hours, three Bf 109s from
I
o
Gr. C. were sent against four P-47s from
the 65
th
FS, 57
th
FG, which were conducting
a weather reconnaissance in the Milan-Lago di
Como area. In the aerial combat a Bf 109G-14/AS
“1-7“, piloted by M.ll
o
Veronesi, and a Bf 109K-4
“3-14”, piloted by S. Ten Gallori, were damaged.
One P-47 was reported damaged by M.ll
o
Forlani.
The American pilots did not claim any victories.
In late April, the I
o
Gr. C. moved to Malpensa and
on April 29, after receiving security guarantees,
laid down its arms and surrendered. Visconti
and his aide, however, were shot dead by the
Russian bodyguards of resistance commander
Aldo Aniasi. Fuselage and vertical tail were
probably painted in RLM 81 (dark brown variant)
and RLM 82 with greenish version of RLM 76.
Wing was painted with colors RLM 74, 75 and
76, the RLM 74 was darker version with tinge of
green.
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