Born from Italy’s ambition to rival the great dive bombers of WWII, the Savoia-Marchetti SM.85 was a bold but flawed design. Slow, unstable, and dangerously underpowered, it became a symbol of good ...
The Folgore’s lightweight construction (weighing around 5,500 pounds) and responsive handling earned it praise from its pilots and avowed respect from its adversaries.
Because of its ability to attack targets that were hundreds of miles away from its airbases in England, the bombers of World War II were vital assets to the Allied war effort. Tasked with the ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 0 Manchester GettyImages 646280640 Hulton Deutsch Collection Corbis Getty Images The Second World War saw the deployment of some ...