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Date: | Thursday 9 September 1937 |
Time: | |
Type: | Gourdou-Leseurre GL-32 |
Owner/operator: | Fuerzas Aereas Republica Española (FARE) |
Registration: | None |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | At sea off Ribadesella -
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.Shot down by Oblt. Harro Harder during Spanish Civil War.
2.Harder (1.J/88) flying Bf-109B.
3.One of at least ten (10) Gourdou-Leseurre GL-32 (4 Loire LGL-32 & 6 GL-32, Possible Serial Nºs 452 to 466) that served in the North Front. When the aircraft returned from an attack mission. The Republican pilot, Sergeant Manuel Cases Juan was killed. The Gourdou GL-32, a monoplane top wing "Parasol" was misidentified by Nationalist Report as a Hispano-Nieuport 52. That day, Harro also shot down a Bristol Bulldog misidentified with a Chato I-15.
The aircraft sank, but Manuel Cases survived the crash and was seen afloat 1Nm off the port. The Messerschmitts intimidated the local boats, preventing him to be rescued (Documented Reports), he finally disappeared at sea.
Sources:
1.http://www.luftwaffe.cz/spanishcw.html
2.Enciclopedia Aviación Militar Española Vol IV
Alcañiz-Fresno Pags 1526,1527,1528,1529
3.Osprey Publishing Aircraft of the Aces 99 "Aces of the Legion Condor"
Robert Forsyth pag 81
4.Revista Aeroplano Nº 8 "Los Chatos en España II - La Escuadrilla Vasca"
Estanislao Abellán Agius 1990 Pag 62
5.Complete List of Luftwaffe Victories
Jan Safarik
www.aces.safarikovi.org 6.Relatos de la Aviación del Norte
Victor Luis Alvarez Rodriguez - sbhac
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
04-Jan-2022 07:30 |
volman |
Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Total occupants, Location, Source, Narrative] |
15-Jan-2022 20:16 |
volman |
Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Total fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
16-Jan-2022 20:04 |
volman |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |