Incident Polikarpov I-16 Unknown,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 90648
 
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Date:Wednesday 13 October 1937
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic I16 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Polikarpov I-16
Owner/operator:Fuerzas Aereas Republica Española (FARE)
Registration: Unknown
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Over Gijón -   Spain
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
1.Shot down by Oblt. Harro Harder during Spanish Civil War.
2.Harder (1.J/88) flying Bf-109.
3.The pilot of the Mosca was Juan Huertas García. That day in an overwhelmig battle against Nationalist air superiority. There were only two I-16 Moscas serviceable. Huertas, technically shot down, arrived to the Carreño airfield with engine off and overturned. He was lightly wounded in the mouth

Sources:

1.http://www.luftwaffe.cz/spanishcw.html
2.Osprey Publishing Aircraft of the Aces 99 "Aces of the Legion Condor"
Robert Forsyth Pag 84
3.https://historiasdelaviacion.blogspot.com/2021/06/aviadores-distinguidos-durante-la.html
4.Revista Aeroplano Nº 8 "Los chatos en España (II) - La Escuadrilla "Vasca""
Estanislao Abellán Agius Pag 64
IHCA 1990
5.Revista Aeroplano Nº 39 "Eduardo fernandez Prada, un ignorado piloto de Mosca"
Estanislao Abellán Agius
IHCA 2021
6.Osprey Publishing Aircraft of the Aces 106 "Spanish Republican Aces"
Rafael A.Permuy López

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
06-Jan-2022 18:01 volman Updated [Registration, Operator, Total occupants, Location, Source, Narrative]
22-Jan-2022 13:30 volman Updated [Total fatalities, Source, Narrative]

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