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Date: | Tuesday 4 August 1936 |
Time: | |
Type: | CASA/Breguet XIX |
Owner/operator: | Aviación Nacional |
Registration: | Unknown |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Huesca Sector -
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:1.Breguet 19 was shot down by a Republican fighter, Nieuport 52 (Grupo 13), piloted by Sergeant Jesús García Herguido "El Demonio Rojo" (The Red Devil). The Breguet pilot, Commander of Grupo 23's Squadron, Eduardo Prado Castro performed a forced landing, and both, with his Observer survived
2.-Lluis Corominas in Revista Aeroplano Nº 24, informs this action occurred 5th August
Sources:
1.Revista Aeroplano Nº 24 "El Hispano-Nieuport 52 en la Guerra Civil Española"
Lluis Corominas IHCA Pag 50
2.Osprey Publishing Aircraft of the Aces 106 "Spanish Republican Aces"
Rafael A Permuy López 2012 Pag 19
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