Incident Heinkel He-51 2-?,
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Date:Thursday 13 May 1937
Time:
Type:Heinkel He-51
Owner/operator:Legion Condor - Aviación Nacional
Registration: 2-?
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Near Monte Bizkargi (Vizcaya) -   Spain
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Heinkel 51 shot down. The aircraft (1.J/88)was shot down by DCA while strafing the road Durango-Bilbao.Lietenant Hans Joachim Wandel could bail out and became POW. He was interrogated by Republican authoritiies and later exchanged. He became famous for his cold statements about the Guernica bombing success

Sources:

1.Sterbe für Spanien: Casualties of the Condor Legion in
the Basque Country (1936-1937).
Xabier Herrero y Josu Santamarina
Sancho el Sabio, Extra 1, 2018 Pag 137-138
2.Revista Aeroplano Nº 8 "Los chatos en España (II) - La Escuadrilla "Vasca""
Estanislao Abellán Agius Pag 53
IHCA 1990

Revision history:

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