Date:	Saturday 24 December 1938
Time:
Type:	Fiat CR.32
Owner/operator:	Aviación Nacional
Registration:	Unknown
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Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	near Camarasa Reservoir (Lleida) -   Spain
Phase:	Combat
Nature:	Military
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Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
"Chirri" shot down during operations into Nationalist offensive to Catalonia. Nine (9) Natachas based in La Garriga (Grupo 30),made an attack over Nationalist positions in Lleida.They formed in high altitude and were far away escorted by 19 Grupo 21 I-16's. All of them were shot by the rear by 18 CR.32 Chirris patrol. Three Natachas were lost and one of the Chirris shot down by the fighters escort. This aircraft was piloted by the commander of 7-E-3, Cpt Rafael Mendizábal Amézaga, he bailed, survived and became POW, whilst after six weeks in captivity, he was executed during the Republican retreat to France

1.Revista Aeroplano Nº 3 "El día más aciago de los Natachas"
General Jesús Salas Larrazabal IHCA 1985
2.Osprey Publishing - Aircraft of the Aces 94 - Fiat CR-32 Aces of the Spanish Civil War
Alfredo Logaluso - 2010 Pg 80

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