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Date: | Sunday 19 September 1937 |
Time: | |
Type: | Polikarpov I-16 |
Owner/operator: | Fuerzas Aereas Republica Española (FARE) |
Registration: | Unknown |
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Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Over Gijón (Asturias) -
Spain
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Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
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Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:I-16 Mosca shot down by a Ju-86. The aircraft attacked frontally a Junkers Ju-86 (VB.88) and was shot down. The pilot, Eloy Gonzalez Obarro, was killed
Sources:
1.Revista Aeroplano Nº 8 "Los chatos en España (II) - La Escuadrilla "Vasca""
Estanislao Abellán Agius Pag 64
IHCA 1990
2.Revista Aeroplano Nº 39 "Eduardo fernandez Prada, un ignorado piloto de Mosca"
Estanislao Abellán Agius
IHCA 2021
Revision history:
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