Biplane fighter aces

Italy

Sergente Arturo Imberti

In May 1941, Imberti served in the 366a Squadriglia, 151o Gruppo CT, in Libya. This unit was at the time equipped with the Fiat CR.42.

On 2 May 1941, a pair of CR.42s from the 366a Squadriglia flown by Tenente Amedeo Guidi and Sergente Imberti were involved in combat with three Blenheims. Sergente Imberti claimed a Blenheim while Tenente Amedeo Guidi claimed a damaged.
It is possible that they had been involved in combat with Blenheims from 55 Squadron, which reported L8398 as struck off charge due to unknown reasons.

Imberti ended the war with 1 victory, this one claimed while flying the Fiat CR.42.

Claims:
Kill no. Date Number Type Result Plane type Serial no. Locality Unit
  1941              
1 02/05/41 1 Blenheim (a) Destroyed Fiat CR.42   North Africa 366a Squadriglia

Biplane victories: 1 destroyed.
TOTAL: 1 destroyed.
(a) Possibly claimed in combat with Blenheims from 55 Squadron, which reported L8398 as struck off charge due to unknown reasons.

Sources:
53o Stormo - Marco Mattioli, 2010 Osprey Publishing, Oxford, ISBN 978-1-84603-977-5
Hurricanes over Tobruk - Brian Cull with Don Minterne, 1999 Grub Street, London, ISBN 1-902304-11-X
Royal Air Force Bomber Losses in the Middle East and Mediterranean, Volume 1: 1939-1942 - David Gunby and Pelham Temple, 2006 Midland Publishing, ISBN 1-85780-234-9




Last modified 14 June 2011