Accident Polikarpov I-15 Unknown,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 90600
 
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Date:Saturday 5 June 1937
Time:
Type:Polikarpov I-15
Owner/operator:Fuerzas Aereas Republica Española (FARE)
Registration: Unknown
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:At sea off La Albericia airfield (Santander) -   Spain
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
1.Claimed to have been shot down by Lt. Rolf Pingel during Spanish Civil War.
2.Pingel flying Bf-109. The aircraft had just tookoff when was strafed by the Bf-109, falling in flames at sea, where some versions said it was strafed again. The Pilot, commander of the 22ª Escuadrilla, Tomás Baquedano Moreno was seriously wounded and later died

Sources:

1.http://www.luftwaffe.cz/spanishcw.html
2.Revista Aeroplano Nº 8 "Los chatos en España (II) - La Escuadrilla "Vasca""
Estanislao Abellán Agius Pag 60
IHCA 1990
3.Osprey Publishing Aircraft of the Aces 106 "Spanish Republican Aces"
Rafael A Permuy López 2012 Pag 29
4.http://www.sbhac.net/Republica/Personajes/FuerzaAerea/FuerzaAerea.htm

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
09-Jan-2022 19:08 volman Updated [Registration, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Source, Narrative]

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