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Date: | Friday 11 December 1936 |
Time: | |
Type: | GAL Monospar ST-25 De Luxe |
Owner/operator: | Spanish Republican Aviation |
Registration: | G-ADVG* |
MSN: | 61 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: / Occupants: 3 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Over Vitoria Airfield -
Spain
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Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Monospar "De Luxe" was shot down while performing bomb attack actions with 11Kg shells. This aircraft usually piloted by british Sidney Holland, was sold to the Republic by Aircraft Exchange & Mart. The aircraft was part of the "Circus Krone", an heterogenous group of plane types. The Monospar was shot down in an attack to the Vitoria airfield without fighter escort. Further crew were Cabo Gumersindo Gutiérrez Merino and a Soviet pilot.Circumstances and fate of the crew are unknown.
*G-ADVG was its original British registration
Sources:
1.Aviones en la Guerra Civil Española - Ingleses - Checos - Polacos
Mercado/Miranda Ediciones Aldaba Pgs 129,130
2.Revista Aeroplano Nº 8 "Los chatos en España (II) - La Escuadrilla "Vasca""
Estanislao Abellán Agius Pag 51
IHCA 1990
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
13-Dec-2021 07:22 |
volman |
Added |
07-Jan-2022 17:39 |
volman |
Updated [Total occupants, Location, Source, Narrative] |