Date:	Friday 11 December 1936
Time:
Type:	GAL Monospar ST-25 De Luxe
Owner/operator:	Spanish Republican Aviation
Registration:	G-ADVG*
MSN:	61
Fatalities:	Fatalities: / Occupants: 3
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Over Vitoria Airfield -   Spain
Phase:	Combat
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Monospar "De Luxe" was shot down while performing bomb attack actions with 11Kg shells. This aircraft usually piloted by british Sidney Holland, was sold to the Republic by Aircraft Exchange & Mart. The aircraft was part of the "Circus Krone", an heterogenous group of plane types. The Monospar was shot down in an attack to the Vitoria airfield without fighter escort. Further crew were Cabo Gumersindo Gutiérrez Merino and a Soviet pilot.Circumstances and fate of the crew are unknown.
*G-ADVG was its original British registration

1.Aviones en la Guerra Civil Española - Ingleses - Checos - Polacos
Mercado/Miranda Ediciones Aldaba Pgs 129,130
2.Revista Aeroplano Nº 8 "Los chatos en España (II) - La Escuadrilla "Vasca""
Estanislao Abellán Agius Pag 51
IHCA 1990

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
13-Dec-2021 07:22	volman	Added
07-Jan-2022 17:39	volman	Updated [Total occupants, Location, Source, Narrative]