Volume 61 of the "Warpaint series". Designed with both the aircraft enthusiast and the modeller in mind, this series offers a comprehensive and accurate account of a single aircraft type within each issue. Drawings provided in both colour side and plan view with 1:72 scale plans, kit decal and accessory lists, squadrons, units and individual aircraft serials in codes, etc. With a career spanning twenty years the Savoia Marchetti SIAI S.79 was certainly the most important aircraft to emerge from the Italian Air Force between the World Wars. Blooded for the first time in Spain it went onto win fame and notoriety as a torpedo bomber of exceptional ability.
With a service life of more than 20 years, the Savoia Marchetti SIAI S.79 was certainly the most important Italian military aircraft of the interwar period. First used in combat during the Spanish Civil War, this torpedo bomber demonstrated its exceptional capabilities in the Mediterranean theatre of war during the Second World War.
Group
Books (first-hand)
Author
Caruana, Richard J.
Title
Savoia Marchetti S.79 Sparviero
Details
English text, paperback, many bw- and colour photos, colour profiles, scale drawings, large format. Around 38 pages.
