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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
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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.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/time | Contributor | Updates |
09-Jan-2022 19:08 |
volman |
Updated [Registration, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Source, Narrative] |