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Alessandro Marchettí (1884 – 5 December 1966) was an Italian
engineer
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and airplane designer. Marchetti was born in Sesto Calende, Italy, and died in Rome. He was best known for having created the
Savoia-Marchetti SM.79, a
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...
bomber aircraft
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.
See also
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Savoia-Marchetti
SIAI-Marchetti was an Italian aircraft manufacturer primarily active during the interwar period.
History
The original company was founded during 1915 as SIAI (''Società Idrovolanti Alta Italia'' - Seaplane Company of Upper Italy). As suggested ...
References
scheda del S.55 X Some Italian website
1884 births
1966 deaths
Italian aerospace engineers
SIAI-Marchetti
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