A gunner showing the maximum elevation of the dorsal 12,7 mm Breda-SAFAT machine gun of the Italian bomber Savoia-Marchetti S.79. Note the very limited traversing possibility of the weapon on an installation of the sort. Another consequence of the origin of the S.79 (fast civil transport aircraft). Victor Sierra

The dorsal machine gun of S.79

The gunner of fuselage’s right side station of an Italian bomber S.79 traversing its machine gun, a Breda-Safat 7,7 mm. Note the complete suite for flights a winter climate, what is needed because the station is completely open. Victor Sierra

Side gunner

The gunner of an Italian bomber Savoia-Marchetti S.79 and the 12,7 mm Breda-SAFAT machine gun of dorsal turret. Victor Sierra