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Date: | Monday 4 January 1937 |
Time: | 16:30 |
Type: | Polikarpov I-15 |
Owner/operator: | Spanish Republican Aviation |
Registration: | 15 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Monte Artiñano (Zeberio) -
Spain
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Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:I-15 shot down by heinkel 51. The Chato's Escuadrilla intercepted a group of nine bombers Ju-52 escorted by He-51. In the combat that followed, one Junkers was shot down and the pilot of this aircraft, Juan Roldán Maldonado was hit by a bullet and pursued by the german fighters until he crashed to a tree into the Monte Artiñano
Sources:
1.Revista Aeroplano Nº 8 "Los chatos en España (II) - La Escuadrilla "Vasca""
Estanislao Abellán Agius Pag 52
IHCA 1990
2.https://www.zeberio.net/es-ES/Memoria-historica/Cronica-caida-avion-Zeberio/Paginas/default.aspx
3.Osprey Publishing Aircraft of the Aces 106 "Spanish Republican Aces"
Rafael A Permuy López 2012 Pag 29
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
07-Jan-2022 17:38 |
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09-Jan-2022 17:11 |
volman |
Updated [Registration, Source] |