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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 ...
The 201 Squadron name—also known as Aztec Eagles—applied to all pilots, mechanics, armorers and other personnel who were trained in the United States from July 1944 onward to take part in the conflict.
Thus, in 1944, the 201st Squadron arrived in the United States for aviation training. A year later, in 1945, the Mexican squadron (known as the Aztec Eagles) was ready for battle; this squadron of fighter planes participated directly in the Philippines campaign alongside the United States Air Force and Royal Australian Air Force. [17]
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Gustavo Vázquez-Lozano at the Guadalajara International Book Fair in 2013. Gustavo Vázquez-Lozano (Aguascalientes, May 2, 1969) is a writer and Mexican editor. He is the author of four novels, a short story collection, a graphic novel, and more than 30 non-fiction works, especially 60 Years of Solitude: The Life of Empress Charlotte of Mexico, and The Aztec Eagles: The History of the Mexican ...
Mexico sent a fighter squadron of 300 volunteers to the Pacific, the Escuadrón 201, known as the Aztec Eagles (Águilas Aztecas). The Brazilian active participation on the battlefield in Europe was sought after the Casablanca Conference.
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Even as a child, Tavera exhibited great curiosity in Mexico's 201st Fighter Squadron (Spanish: Fuerza Aérea Expedicionaria Mexicana (FAEM) Escuadron 201), also known as Águilas Aztecas or Aztec Eagles which was a part of the Mexican Expeditionary Air Force that aided war efforts during World War II. Due to a lack of information on Escuadrón ...