BOLIVIA
Gran Chaco War
NAME VICTORIES AIRFORCE COMMENTS Pabon Cuevas, Rafael 3 Cuerpo de Aviacion Boliviano Calvo, Mario 1 Cuerpo de Aviacion Boliviano observer/gunner Rivera, Luis Ernst 1 Cuerpo de Aviacion Boliviano Alarcon, Alberto 1 Cuerpo de Aviacion Boliviano shared vict. Beltran, Emelio 1 Cuerpo de Aviacion Boliviano shared vict.
Air-to-Air Victories
| Date | Unit | Aircraft | Pilot | Victim | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04.12.1932 | CAB | Vickers Scout type 143 (No.96) | R. Pabon Cuevas | Potez 25A2 | FAP |
| 12.06.1933 | CAB | Vickers Scout type 143 | L. Ernst Rivera | Fiat CR.20bis | FAP |
| 11.12.1934 | CAB CAB |
Curtiss Hawk II Curtiss Hawk II |
A. Alarcon E. Beltran |
Potez 25 | FAP |
| 18.06.1934 | CAB | R. Pabon Cuevas | Fiat | FAP | |
| 12.08.1934 | CAB | Curtiss Osprey C14R (No.78) | R. Pabon Cuevas M. Calvo (*) |
Potez 25 TOE | FAP |
Sources & Literature
- Researcher Richard K. Cotton.
- Hagedorn, Dan - Sapienza, Antonio L.: Aircraft of the Chaco War 1928-1935, Shiffer 1996
- Sapienza, Antonio Luis: Aircraft of the Chaco War, Part I - Paraguay, in Small Air Forces Observer, Vol 16 No.3 (No.63), July 1992.
- Sapienza, Antonio Luis: Aircraft of the Chaco War, Part II - Bolivia, in Small Air Forces Observer, Vol 16 No.4 (No.64), October 1992. LI>Šnajdr, M.: Curtiss F11C-2/BFC-2 Ghoshawk a Curtiss Hawk II, part two, in Historie a plastikové modelářství, No. 09, 2004.
- Pioneros de la Aviacion Iberoamericana, Servicion Historico y Cultural del Ejercito del Aire, Madrid, Spain 1999.
- The Gran Chaco Air War - Part 1, Insignia, Issue 5 Mar/Apr 1997, Blue Rider Publishing, London.
- Magnus, Allan: Air Aces Home Page, http://users.accesscomm.ca/magnusfamily/airaces1.htm.
