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Savoia-Marchetti S.79 Sparviero Bomber Units (Paperback)
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Savoia-Marchetti S.79 Sparviero Bomber Units (Paperback)
Series: Combat Aircraft, 122
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Price R466
Discovery Miles 4 660
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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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