MARIO MARINARA - NORTH AFRICA

MARIO MARINARA - NORTH AFRICA, WINTER 1941

Tenente (Lt.), 88 Squadriglia, 6 Gruppo, 1 Stormo

Earned the "HORSE POWER", "TIGHT TURN/MANEUVER" and "BOMBER-KILLER" Ace Abilities

EVENT	Miss #	Mission Type	Flight Position	Kills	Type of Kills		Number of times shot down	Escort Points	Status	Ace Ability
CSW-2007	1	Escort SM.79	MC.202 Wm	0	None		0	+2	Active	---
CSW-2007	2	Intercept Blenheim	MC.202 Wm	0	None		0	---	Active	---
CSW-2007	3	Intercept Blenheim	MC.202 Wm	0	None		0	---	Active	---
CSW-2007	4	Dogfight	MC.202 Wm	0	None		0	---	Active	---
CSW-2007	5	Intercept Blenheim	MC.202 Wm	0	None		0	---	Active	---
CSW-2007	6	Intercept Blenheim	MC.202 Wm	1	Blenheim		0	---	Active	---
CSW-2007	7	Dogfight	MC.202 Wm	0	None		0	---	Active	---
CSW-2007	8	Escort SM.79	MC.202 Ldr	0	None		0	+1	Active	---
CSW-2007	9	Dogfight	MC.202 Ldr	0	None		1	---	Active	---
CSW-2007	10	Intercept Blenheim	MC.202 Ldr	1	Blenheim		1	---	Active	---
GMT-2007-Oct	11	Intercept Blenheim	MC.202 Ldr	0	None		1	---	Active	---
GMT-2007-Oct	12	Intercept Blenheim	MC.202 Ldr	0	None		1	---	Active	---
GMT-2007-Oct	13	Intercept Blenheim	MC.202 Ldr	1	Blenheim		1	---	Active	---
CSW-2008	14	Dogfight at med.	MC.202 Ldr	1	Tomahawk-II (P-40C)		0	---	Active	---
CSW-2008	15	Escort Z.1007	MC.202 Ldr	0	None		0	-2	Active	---
CSW-2008	16	Intercept Maryland	MC.202 Ldr	1	Maryland		0	---	Active	---
CSW-2008	17	Intercept Maryland	MC.202 Ldr	2	2 Marylands		0	---	Active	TT/M
CSW-2009	18	Intercept Maryland	MC.202 Ldr	3	3 Marylands		0	---	Active	TT/M & BK
CSW-2010	19	Intercept Blenheim	MC.202 Ldr	0	None		1	---	Active	TT/M & BK
CSW-2011	20	Intercept Blenheim	MC.202 Ldr	1	Blenheim		0	---	Active	TT/M & BK
CSW-2011	21	Intercept Maryland	MC.202 Ldr	2	2 Marylands		1	---	Active	TT/M & BK
CSW-2011	22	Escort BR.20M	MC.202 Ldr	0	None		0	+2.5	Active	H, TT/M & BK
CSW-2011	23	Escort BR.20M	MC.202 Ldr	0	None		0	+0.5	Active	H, TT/M & BK
TOTALS	23			11	4 Blenheims	1 P-40C	6	+4		H, TT/M & BK
TOTALS	23			11	6 Marylands		6	+4		H, TT/M & BK

PILOT HISTORY:

Assigned as wingman to Tenete (Lt.) Luigi Lamborghini from missions 1-to-7.
Assumed element leadership starting mission 8 after Lt. Lamborghini was shot down and killed on mission 7.
Shot down by RAF 8-kill Hurricane Ace, FO Reginald Bixby (Bixby's 5th victory) on mission 10.
Fourth Italian Ace earned in the Down in Flames Aces' Campaigns after mission 16.
Fourth pilot overall, and the third Italian pilot, to earn the Bomber-Killer ace ability in the Down in Flames Aces' Campaigns.
Disengaged during mission 23 and survived crash landing.

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