Date:	Monday 27 July 1936
Time:
Type:	Savoia-Marchetti S62
Owner/operator:	Spanish Republican Air Force
Registration:	S-12
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3
Aircraft damage:
Location:	Gibraltar -   Gibraltar
Phase:	Combat
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
1.Savoia S62 - Ex-Aeronautica Naval, based in Málaga, performed a sortie with another S62 to attack the Nationalist forces desembarking in Algeciras. They found two enemy Dornier Wal anchored in the Bay and straffed. However they fought back from their turret machine guns and hit one of the attackers. The airccraft managed to reach Gibraltar waters, where it was interned by authorities. The crew released, Maestres Jaime Fernandez Villalba, José Quevedo Fernandez and Vicente Ruiz Mateo
2.A Nationalist Hispano-Nieuport NiD.52, piloted by Miguel Guerrero, is also credited with the Savoia S-12 shot down

1."Entre el añíl y el cobalto. Los Hidroaviones en la Guerra de España"
1987 Emilio Herrera Alonso - IHCA Pg 38
2.Revista Aeroplano Nº 24 "El Hispano-Nieuport 52 en la Guerra Civil Española"
Lluis Corominas IHCA 2006 Pag 43

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
21-Nov-2021 13:41	volman	Added
24-Dec-2021 07:44	volman	Updated [Source, Narrative]