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The 201st Fighter Squadron (Spanish: Escuadrón Aéreo de Pelea 201) is a fighter squadron of the Mexican Air Force, part of the Mexican Expeditionary Air Force that aided the Allied war effort during World War II. The squadron was known by the nickname Águilas Aztecas or "Aztec Eagles", apparently coined by members of the squadron during ...
Mexican P-47D Thunderbolt over the Philippines (1945) The Escuadrón 201, a P-47D fighter squadron of the Fuerza Aérea Expedicionaria Mexicana (Mexican Expeditionary Air Force), served in the Pacific War against the Empire of Japan during World War II. It consisted of 25 aircraft and had 300 airmen and supporting staff.
An American P-47D Thunderbolt being flown by a member of the Mexican Expeditionary Air Force over the Philippines (1945) The rondel is an American marking. The Mexican Expeditionary Air Force (Spanish: Fuerza Aérea Expedicionaria Mexicana, FAEM) was a military aviation unit which represented Mexico on the Allied side during World War II. It is ...
In June 1945, the squadron initially flew missions with the 310th Fighter Squadron, often twice a day, using borrowed U.S. aircraft. It received 25 new P-47D-30-RA aircraft in July, marked with the insignia of both the USAAF and Mexican Air Force. The squadron flew more than 90 combat missions, totaling more than 1,900 hours of flight time.
In the final year of the war, Mexico sent one air squadron to serve under the Mexican flag: the Mexican Air Force's Escuadrón Aéreo de Pelea 201 (201st Fighter Squadron), which saw combat in the Philippines in the war against Imperial Japan. [25]
Pages in category "Military units and formations of Mexico in World War II" ... 201st Fighter Squadron; F. Mexican Expeditionary Air Force
Mexican military personnel of World War II (1 C, ... Pages in category "Military history of Mexico during World War II" The following 7 pages are in this category ...
Fausto Vega Santander (born November 19, 1923 – June 1, 1945) was a Mexican aviator who died in a crash while fighting during World War II. Fausto Vega Santander was born in Tuxpan, Veracruz; his parents were Albino Vega and María Santander. He received his primary education at Enrique C. Rebsamen School in his hometown.