SM.79
The Savoia-Marchetti SM.79 Sparviero wasn’t much to look at– their crews called them il gobbo maledetto (“damned hunchback”), but they were maneuverable and effective when modified into torpedo bomber roles, sinking or damaging over 270,000 tons of Allied ships in the Med in 1940-43.
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