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Savoia-Marchetti S.79 Sparviero Bomber Units

Combat Aircraft

By (author) Marco Mattioli
Illustrated by Richard Caruana
Cover design or artwork by Mark Postlethwaite
Format: Paperback / softback
Language: English
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, United Kingdom
Imprint: Osprey Publishing
Published: 24th Aug 2017
Dimensions: w 178mm h 248mm d 9mm
Weight: 315g
ISBN-10: 1472818830
ISBN-13: 9781472818836
Barcode No: 9781472818836
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Synopsis
Initially developed by Savoia-Marchetti as a transport, the aircraft had evolved into a dedicated medium bomber by the time the S.79-I made its combat debut in the Spanish Civil War in 1936. During World War 2, it became Italy's most successful bomber, and the most produced, with around 1370 built between 1936 and early 1944. Although initially hampered by poor tactics, the S.79 bomber crews nonetheless scored sunk a number of Allied vessels, and provided a constant threat to Allied sailors in the Mediterranean in the early stages of the war. In East Africa and the Red Sea the Sparvieri were the most modern bombers in-theatre, proving a challenge to RAF and SAAF biplane fighters. Using specially commissioned full-colour artwork, first-hand accounts and historic photographs, this volume chronicles the history of the S.79's war in the Mediterranean, North African, Balkan, and East African theatres.

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