Crashed Spitfire Anzio

[patches]

I'll say.

Do not know the details like if the pilot was killed or bailout etc. shot down we suppose. Ship might of been from No. 111 Squadron.

[Charlie Flick]

Neat photo.   My sources indicate that it was a Spitfire Mark V(c) from 145 Squadron RAF.   It was piloted by F/O Leonard Dexter.  It evidently crashed while forcelanding on an airstrip near Nettuno on January 30, 1944 and struck a building.  I don't know if F/O Dexter survived or not.

 

The image below is uncropped and provides additional details.

 

Regards,

Charlie

 

 

[patches]

Thank you, great update.

[Custermen]

There should be some article or webpage on this aircraft.   

 

A google search found this data on it.

Spitfire Mark Vc-Trop.  RAF 145 Sqn ZXF JF805 crashed nearr Anzio Italy 30 Jan 1944 

 

Link RAF Sqn 145

 

 

I'm familiar with the American Spitfire that crashed on the beach of SALERNO a few months earlier.  It was heavily photographed and has been identified.  I think there is an article about it in the magazine "After The Battle".