Hunchback

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Hunchback is the English nickname for the Italian World War II Savoia-Marchetti SM.79 Sparviero bomber, known for its distinctive humped fuselage profile.

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instanceOf military aircraft nickname
aircraftAlternativeName Savoia-Marchetti SM.79 Sparviero
surface form: SM.79

Sparviero
aircraftBombLoad up to 1,250 kg of bombs
aircraftConfiguration trimotor monoplane
aircraftConstruction mixed wood and metal structure
aircraftCrew 5
6
aircraftDefensiveArmament multiple machine guns in dorsal, ventral and lateral positions
aircraftDesignPurpose high-speed medium bomber
aircraftEngineType piston engine
aircraftFirstFlight 1934
aircraftFuselageFeature prominent dorsal hump
aircraftHeight approximately 4.1 m
aircraftIntroduction 1936
aircraftLength approximately 16.2 m
aircraftManufacturer Savoia-Marchetti
aircraftMaxSpeed approximately 430 km/h
aircraftNationalOrigin Italy
aircraftNicknameOrigin derived from humped fuselage shape
aircraftOriginPeriod interwar period
aircraftPowerplant three radial engines
aircraftPrimaryMaterial metal fuselage framework
wooden wings
aircraftPrimaryUser Regia Aeronautica
aircraftRange approximately 2,000 km
aircraftRecord set pre-war speed records for medium bombers
aircraftRole medium bomber
torpedo bomber
aircraftTorpedoArmament up to two aerial torpedoes
aircraftWingSpan approximately 21.2 m
aircraftWingType low-wing monoplane
conflict World War II
countryOfOriginOfAircraft Kingdom of Italy
languageOfNickname English
notableFeature distinctive humped fuselage profile
notableUse Italian torpedo-bomber operations in the Mediterranean during World War II
refersTo Savoia-Marchetti SM.79 Sparviero
servicePeriod 1930s
1940s
usedBy Italian Social Republic Air Force
surface form: Aeronautica Nazionale Repubblicana

Italian Co-belligerent Air Force
surface form: Italian Co-Belligerent Air Force

Regia Aeronautica
Royal Hungarian Air Force
Royal Romanian Air Force
usedInTheater Eastern Front
Mediterranean Sea
North Africa

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