What Italian general and air power theorist, originally developed the theory The bomber will always get through?
The bomber will always get through The bomber will always get through was a phrase used by Stanley Baldwin in 1932 (although the theory was originally developed by Italian General Giulio Douhet), in the speech "A Fear for the Future" to the British Parliament. He and others believed that, regardless of air defences, sufficient bomber aircraft would survive to destroy cities.
Savoia-Marchetti SM.81 The Savoia-Marchetti SM.81 "Pipistrello" (Italian: bat) was the first three-engine bomber/transport aircraft serving in the Italian "Regia Aeronautica". When it appeared in 1935, it represented a real step ahead in Italian military aviation: it was fast, well armed and had a long range. It proved effective during the war with Ethiopia and the Spanish Civil War. Despite being too slow to remain competitive as a bomber in the later years of World War II, it was one of the most flexible, reliable and important aircraft of the "Regia Aeronautica" from 1935-1944, and adapted to second-line duties in a wide range of tasks.