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Date: | Wednesday 6 January 1937 |
Time: | |
Type: | Heinkel He-51 |
Owner/operator: | Legión Condor - Aviación Nacional |
Registration: | Unknown |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Over Barajas Airfield (Madrid) -
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:Heinkel 51 was shot down by a Republican fighter. The pilot could be Ltnt.Hans Peter Von Gallera or his wingman Unteroffizier Kurt Kneiding, both killed.The Republican fighter was an I-15 piloted by Ltnt.Jesús García Herguido "El Demonio Rojo" (The Red Devil) he came from the Grupo 13 Nieuport squadron. Herguido Also crashed, as he could not recover from the diving against the Heinkel, and was killed.
Sources:
1.Revista Aeroplano Nº 24 "El Hispano-Nieuport 52 en la Guerra Civil Española"
Lluis Corominas IHCA 2006 Pag 54
2.Osprey Publishing Aircraft of the Aces 106 "Spanish Republican Aces"
Rafael A Permuy López 2012
3.Osprey Publishing Aircraft of the Aces 99 "Aces of the Legion Condor"
Robert Forsyth Pag 45
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