Spitfire shot down by Kriegsmarine anti-aircraft fire

Spitfire shot down by Kriegsmarine anti-aircraft fire

A Spitfire is crashing in a rural landscape. The aircraft is pictured in the act of disintegration and is in flames and trailing black smoke. The pilot has bailed out and his parachute has opened.

Label reads “243”; signed by the author; caption reads “6 MARZO 1945. ORE 11.30 “Spitfire” colpito da mitragliera della “Kriegsmarine” precitato [sic] al suolo a est di Carlino UD il pilota si è salvato con il paracadute.”

Caption translates as: “6 March 1945, 11.30 am. Spitfire fighter aircraft hit by heavy machine-gun fire from the German navy. It crashed East of Carlino (Udine province). The pilot survived since he parachuted outside the aircraft.”

One tempera on paper, pasted on mount board

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