Savoia-Marchetti S.79 Sparviero Bomber Units - Brossura

Mattioli, Marco

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1472818830 ISBN 13: 9781472818836

Casa editrice: Osprey Publishing, 2018

Riassunto

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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Descrizione del libro:

The humpbacked, three-engined S.79 was the Regia Aeronautica's most effective weapon during World War 2. This fully illustrated study of Italy's most recognisable combat aircraft will appeal to those specifically interested in Italian military history, as well as general aviation enthusiasts.

L'autore:

A native of Rome, Marco Mattioli has been interested in military history since he was a teenager. In 1992 he joined the Italian National Journalist Order, after which he was employed as a writer for several leading Italian history publishers. A contributor to many important Italian history and defence magazines, as well as the author of a number of books on Italian military aviation, he wrote Osprey Aviation Elite Units 38: 53° Stormo and Osprey Combat Aircraft 106: Savoia-Marchetti S.79 Sparviero Torpedo-Bomber Units.

Richard Caruana is a Malta-based artist whose profile artwork is well known, and respected, in aviation modelling periodicals such as Scale Aviation Modelling and Scale Models. He has illustrated all of Osprey Aviation's Italian World War 2 titles.

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• Editore: Osprey Publishing
• Data di pubblicazione: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1472818830
• ISBN 13: 9781472818836
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 96
• Disegnatore: Caruana Richard