Aircraft Photo of I-SAAT / MM40208 | Savoia-Marchetti S.55 | Italy - Air Force | AirHistory.net #355396
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:I-SAAT
Alternate Serial:MM40208
Aircraft Original Type:Savoia-Marchetti S.55
Aircraft Generic Type:Savoia-Marchetti S.55
Aircraft Version:Savoia-Marchetti S.55
C/n (msn):10016
Operator Titles:Italy - Air Force
Location
City / Seaplane Base:Schellingwoude - Seaplane (closed)Map
Country:Netherlands
Airport Codes:None
 
Photo Date:12 June 1928
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID: 355396
Photo Comment

The aircraft which found the survivors of the crashed airship Italia on an Arctic ice floe, seen on its way up north one week earlier. The aircraft commander was noted pilot Umberto Maddalena. This photo appeared in Dutch newspapers. This aircraft also was military serial MM40208 and is assumed to be c/n 10016, previously used by Francesco de Pinedo as his Santa Maria (II). Photo from: Amsterdam City Archives

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