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  2. Yankee Squadron - Wikipedia

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    The pilots went to Valencia, Spain to complain to the Second Spanish Republic air ministry, but nothing changed. Acosta, Schneider and Lord planned to escape from Bilbao to Biarritz, France by motorboat after they had been refused a promised Christmas leave. Their plan was discovered and the pilot of their boat was arrested and executed.

  3. Jagdgruppe 88 - Wikipedia

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    The Condor Legion was an expeditionary force of soldiers and airmen sent to aid the Spanish Nationalist group during the Spanish Civil War. The Germans used the war as an opportunity to evaluate new equipment, guns, vehicles and aircraft, and to develop tactical techniques which were later used in the 1939-45 conflict.

  4. List of Spanish Civil War flying aces - Wikipedia

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    The following is a list of Spanish Civil War flying aces. Name Nationality Service Claims Joaquín García Morato: Spain: Nationalist Air Force: 40 Lev L. Shestakov:

  5. Spanish Republican Air Force - Wikipedia

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    The rebellion succeeded only in fractioning Spain and Franco went ahead and began a bloody war of attrition, the Spanish Civil War. During the Civil War the Air Force of the Spanish republican government would have to fight against the better equipped Aviación Nacional , created by the fraction of the army in revolt and their powerful Italian ...

  6. Blue Squadron - Wikipedia

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    Messerschmitt Bf 109F-2 of the Escuadrilla Azul, 15. (span.)/Jagdgeschwader 51, Winter 1942/1943. The Blue Squadron [1] (Spanish: Escuadrilla Azul, German: 15. Spanische Staffel) was a generic name given to the group of volunteer pilots and ground crews recruited from the Spanish Air Force that fought in the side of Germany on the Eastern Front, during the Second World War.

  7. Category:Spanish Civil War pilots - Wikipedia

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    Spanish Civil War flying aces (30 P) Pages in category "Spanish Civil War pilots" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total.

  8. List of foreign volunteers - Wikipedia

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    2,500 British fought in the Spanish Civil War on the side of the republicans. [8] In the Paraguay Revolution of 1922, British pilots fought in the Escuela de Aviación Militar. Many Britons fought during the American Civil War for both the United States and Confederate States. 67 British soldiers in the Union Army received the Medal of Honor.

  9. List of aircraft of Nationalist Spain in the Spanish Civil War

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    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.