Description
The humpbacked, three-engined S.79 was the Regia Aeronautica's most effective weapon during World War 2. Dubbed the Gobbi Maledetti ('damned hunchbacks') by those that flew the aircraft, the S.79 was Italy's most recognisable combat aircraft.
About the Author
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 Degrees Stormo. 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.
Book Information
ISBN 9781782008071
Author Marco Mattioli
Format Paperback
Page Count 96
Imprint Osprey Publishing
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Weight(grams) 309g
Dimensions(mm) 248mm * 184mm * 7mm