SAVOIA MARCHETTI S.79 "SPARVIERO"

[Ugo Crisponi]

@Clint: do you know the forum of STORMO! The Online Magazine of the Regia Aeronautica and the Aeronautica Nazionale Repubblicana ? Got very useful informations on S.79C Corsa there...

[Clint Mitchell]

Thanks Ugo! I'll check it out.

Clint

[JMSmith]

well i checked all my images and books,

there appears to be just that one image

[Clint Mitchell]

Yeah there appears to be a lot of confusion regarding this photo and the aircraft it contains. Seems no one has ever gotten to the bottom of it. From the look of the thread over on TOCH a lot of people are interested in the identity. Put it this way if Ugo chooses to do a profile of it? It will be the most accurate one yet created with the info discovered so far all the rest are totally wrong. Even the fuselage code possibly? I don't think were gonna find much more info on the matter.

Clint

[Ugo Crisponi]

mmmhh..So do I have a "go"?

[Goodwood]

Do it!

[Clint Mitchell]

I would Ugo, It looks kinda cool. We just need to really have a think about the 2 upper surface colours? Also CQ+HO was a Klemm Kl 35 but there is no reason why this aircraft could not have been mistakenly coded CQ+HO also? Mistakes were very rare but not impossible plus this aircraft is a bit of a weird one so maybe? This is what other characters it could possibly be according to the curved shape in the photo:

CQ+HQ KlemmKL35 D0077
CQ+HS KlemmKL35W.Nr.1465W.Nr.1465 F0088 -1943-03-02
(^^probably why CQ+HO was a Klemm Kl 35^^)
CQ+HG DornierDo17 Z-2W.Nr.4187W.Nr.4187later DN-61 Finland
CQ+HC Focke WulfFw58 Wetterflugstelle Konigsberg or He 111 H-3

I would stick with CQ+HO being a goof up!

As for the colours I haven't got a clue? Come on chaps get your votes in for the upper surface colours

Clint

[Ugo Crisponi]

Hi Clint, I have the Sparviero on my deskwork right now. Will look for RAF colors and see what comes up. Will show a preview as soon as I have anything to show. Stay tuned!

[Clint Mitchell]

I'm not 100% on the RAF colours Ugo, I'd hold of on finalising them mate! But give them a try would be interesting to see the contrasts! I'm not sure its 70/71 on the photo? Seems a bit too much contrast between the two colours shown?

Looking forward to seeing it!

Clint

Edit: Ugo the RAF Dark Earth & Dark Green in the Simmers Paintshop swatches look promising! Also they could of used RLM 65 on the lower surfaces as this was an export colour? Or RAF Sky/Duck egg blue?

[Ugo Crisponi]

Ok Clint. How about this? (exhaust must be changed from AS to BT version and also there is lack of roundel under the wing)