-
Aircraft:
Savoia-Marchetti SM-82PW Canguru
- Reg: MM61187 photos
-
Serial #:
19
- Airline: Italy - Air Force
- Photo Date: Aug 26, 2021
- Uploaded: Nov 24, 2021
- Vigna di Valle - LIRB, Italy
Notes:
Preserved at Italian Air Force museum of Vigna di Valle. Preserved at Italian Air Force museum of Vigna di Valle. The SIAI Marchetti S.82 “Marsupiale” was one of the most used aircraft by the Italian Air Force. Made in two versions, bombing and transport, it made its first flights between the end of 1939 and the first months of 1940, immediately demonstrating its excellent characteristics. The two versions differed mainly from each other due to the presence in the bombing gondola of a (retractable) aiming gondola placed under the bow of the aircraft and the different positioning of the armament. During the Second World War, 875 copies of this aircraft were produced and at the date of the Armistice there were still 250 copies on line. Massive were the losses of this aircraft used in all war fronts: to remember the missions carried out by the Transport Nucleus to connect the Motherland to East Africa, transporting everything, men, vehicles, fighter planes. As a bombing aircraft it carried out the first long-range missions against the Rock of Gibraltar and the Manama refineries in the Persian Gulf, while the raids carried out by the Transport Group, located in Libya, on Alexandria in Egypt were systematic. After 8 September 1943 some of these aircraft continued to operate in the Night Wing in Southern Italy, but the vast majority remained in the Northern bases. The Luftwaffe acquired more than 200 which it used very well on the Eastern front. At the end of the war the surviving specimens were all located in Guidonia (Rome) and with them it was possible to establish the 36th Stormo Trasporti. These aircraft continued to operate until 1960, re-engined with American Pratt & Whitney engines. The specimen exhibited bears the insignia of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta: the transfer of cargo to the Order of Malta made it possible to save some specimens of S.82 from being scrapped, bypassing the severe clauses of the armistice treaty.
Photographer
Contact photographer for terms of use.
Aircraft
Photo location
Photographer
Badges
None
Notes
Preserved at Italian Air Force museum of Vigna di Valle. Preserved at Italian Air Force museum of Vigna di Valle. The SIAI Marchetti S.82 “Marsupiale” was one of the most used aircraft by the Italian Air Force. Made in two versions, bombing and transport, it made its first flights between the end of 1939 and the first months of 1940, immediately demonstrating its excellent characteristics. The two versions differed mainly from each other due to the presence in the bombing gondola of a (retractable) aiming gondola placed under the bow of the aircraft and the different positioning of the armament. During the Second World War, 875 copies of this aircraft were produced and at the date of the Armistice there were still 250 copies on line. Massive were the losses of this aircraft used in all war fronts: to remember the missions carried out by the Transport Nucleus to connect the Motherland to East Africa, transporting everything, men, vehicles, fighter planes. As a bombing aircraft it carried out the first long-range missions against the Rock of Gibraltar and the Manama refineries in the Persian Gulf, while the raids carried out by the Transport Group, located in Libya, on Alexandria in Egypt were systematic. After 8 September 1943 some of these aircraft continued to operate in the Night Wing in Southern Italy, but the vast majority remained in the Northern bases. The Luftwaffe acquired more than 200 which it used very well on the Eastern front. At the end of the war the surviving specimens were all located in Guidonia (Rome) and with them it was possible to establish the 36th Stormo Trasporti. These aircraft continued to operate until 1960, re-engined with American Pratt & Whitney engines. The specimen exhibited bears the insignia of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta: the transfer of cargo to the Order of Malta made it possible to save some specimens of S.82 from being scrapped, bypassing the severe clauses of the armistice treaty.Camera
Nikon D500 | Tokina AT-X 11-20mm f/2.8 PRO DX Show Exif data-
Aircraft
- Reg: MM61187 photos
-
Aircraft:
Savoia-Marchetti SM-82PW Canguru
- Airline: Italy - Air Force
-
Serial #:
19
-
Photo Location
-
Vigna di Valle - LIRB
- Italy
