The S.M.79 Sparviero was created and manufactured in the 1930s by Italian company SIAI-Marchetti initially as a civilian aircraft, which went on to achieve world speed records. It has a wood, canvas and metal frame and 3-engine low wing configuration. It was widely used in WW2 by the Italian Regia Aeronautica, particularly as a bomber in the Mediterranean theatre and then as a torpedo bomber. Recognizable by the “hump” behind the cockpit.
REGIA AERONAUTICA, 258TH SQUADRIGLIA, 109TH GRUPPO, 36TH STORMO B.T. BOLOGNA 1940.
