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Polikarpov I-16 'Mosca', one of the primary aircraft of the Spanish Republican Air Force during the Civil War. The Second Spanish Republic was proclaimed in 1931 and very soon the republican authorities set up to reform an antiquated military structure that was a financial burden for the Spanish state following the Great Depression. [1]
This is a list of aircraft used by the Spanish Nationalist faction in the Spanish Civil War. The aircraft were mainly received from aid from Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany. Aircraft are in chronological order of adoption by the Spanish Nationalist airforce.
The Chato No. 56 flown by Frank Glasgow Tinker in the 1st Sq Lacalle.He scored four victories in this aircraft. Occasionally he flew No. 58 as well. The Spanish Republican Air Force was the air arm of the Armed Forces of the Second Spanish Republic, the legally established government of Spain between 1931 and 1939.
List of Spanish Civil War weapons of the Republicans [1] Aircraft. List of aircraft of the Spanish Republican Air Force [2] Ships Spanish ...
2 Aircraft. 3 Ships. Toggle the table of contents. ... This is a list of all military equipment used by the nationalists during the Spanish Civil War. Weapons
In popular narratives the thesis is even more bold: “Ju-52: German transport aircraft which enabled Franco to win the Civil War”. [81] However, there are historians who claim that already prior to arrival of German and Italian aircraft Franco had enough soldiers flown to control the situation in Andalusia. [82]
The Polikarpov I-15 (Russian: И-15) was a Soviet biplane fighter aircraft of the 1930s. Nicknamed Chaika (Russian: Чайка, "gull") because of its gulled upper wings, [2] [3] it was operated in large numbers by the Soviet Air Force, and together with the Polikarpov I-16 monoplane, was one of the standard fighters of the Spanish Republicans during the Spanish Civil War, where it was called ...
Spanish Civil War Medal awarded to the International Brigades. The Yankee Squadron was a group of mercenary American military aviators who flew for the Spanish Republican Air Force during the Spanish Civil War. [1] [2] [3]