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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.
With additional aircraft and training supplied by Germany and Italy, it was quick to gain air superiority over the Spanish Republic's relatively obsolete aircraft. German aircraft flew in Spanish Nationalist colours as part of the Condor Legion, giving such aircraft as the Heinkel He 111 and the Junkers Ju 87 their first combat experience.
2 Aircraft. 3 Ships. 4 References. ... List of Spanish Civil War weapons of the Republicans [1] Aircraft. List of aircraft of the Spanish Republican Air Force [2] Ships
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
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.
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 Potez 540 was a French multi-role aircraft of the 1930s. Designed and built by Potez, it served with the French Air Force as a reconnaissance bomber, also serving with the Spanish Republican Air Force during the Spanish Civil War.