Savoia Marchetti S.79 - Sinal de Esquadrão 71

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O Savoia-Marchetti SM.79 Sparviero (italiano para "Sparrowhawk") foi um bombardeiro médio italiano trimotor com estrutura de madeira e metal. Originalmente projetado como uma aeronave de passageiros rápida, este monoplano de asa baixa, nos anos 1937-39, estabeleceu 26 recordes mundiais que o qualificaram por algum tempo como o bombardeiro médio mais rápido do mundo.

It first saw action during the Spanish Civil War and flew on all fronts in which Italy was involved during World War II. It became famous and achieved many successes as a torpedo bomber in the Mediterranean theater. The SM.79 was an outstanding aircraft and was certainly the best known Italian aeroplane of World War II. It was easily recognizable due to its distinctive fuselage dorsal “hump”, and was well liked by its crews who nicknamed it Gobbo Maledetto (“damned hunchback”). It was the most widely produced Italian bomber of World War II, with some 1,300 built, remaining in Italian service until 1952.

Fonte: SM-79 na Wikipedia