SPAIN - Republican
Spanish Civil War
NAME VICTORIES UNITS COMMENTS Zarauza Claver, Manuel 23 Esc. Lacalle, 3,4 Esc. de Caza, 21 Grupo de Caza +7 WWII, 1. Morquillas Rubio, Leopoldo 21 Esc. Vasca, 3, 2 Esc. De Caza Arias, Antonio 15 [9+6] 1, 3, 4 Esc. De Caza +1+1 WWII Aguirre López, Manuel 11 1, 7 Esc. De Caza 2. García de la Calle, Andres 11 Esc. Palancar, Lacalle, 1 Esc. De Caza 6. Bravo Fernández, José Maria 10 1, 3 Esc. De Caza Comas Borrás, Juan 10 Esc. Lacalle, Vasca, 3 Esc. De Caza Orosko, Manuel Rovira 10 4 Esc. De Caza 1 by ramming Ramírez Bravo, Emilio 10 Esc. Lacalle, 4 Esc. De Caza Zambudio Martínez, Miguel 10 Esc. Vasca, 3 Esc. De Caza, 26 Grupo de Caza Cortizo Bertolo, Sabino 8 4 Esc. De Caza Falcón San Martín, José 8 5, 3 Esc. De Caza, Esc. Vuelo Nocturno del Río Crespo, Felipe 7 Esc. Vasca, Norte Lario Sanchez, Juan 7 4, 2 Esc. de Caza Merońo Pellicer, Francisco 7 1, 6 Esc. De Caza +20 WWII, 3. Ménu, Andres Fierro 7 3 Esc. De Caza +2 WWII Pascual Santamaria, José 6 1 Esc. De Caza +14 WWII Tarazona Torán, Francisco 6 1, 3 Esc. De Caza 4., Mexican Magrina Vidal, Rafael 5 2 Esc. De Caza Pereiro Peréz, Julio 5 2, 4, 5 Esc. De Caza Falco San Martín, José 4 5, 3 Esc. De Caza Bastida Porres, Jose 1 2 Esc. De Caza Briega, Manuel Gascón 1 Gruppo 11 7. de Santamaría, Alonso 1 forced down Dugo, Rafael Peña 1 2 Esc. De Caza Good Orlitz, Esteban Nazario 1 Ivanof 1 Esc. Espana 5. Karbe, José Planas 1 Gruppo 13 by ramming Moños Lopez, Alvaro 1 Beltran, Vicente ? +20 WWII García Cano, Antonio ? +6 WWII Duarte, Espes Ladislao - Gisbert, Manule - Sánchez Montes, José - +4 WWII
| 1. | Manuel Zarauza Claver is sometimes credited with 10 vistories (Polák, Tomáš: Esa meziválečného období, part two, in Plastic Kits Revue, No. 44, 1995). |
| 2. | According some sources Manuel Aguirre López was credited with 10 confirmed vistories (Polák, Tomáš: c.d.). |
| 3. | Francisco Merońo Pellicer is sometimes credited with 5 vistories (Polák, Tomáš: c.d.). |
| 4. | Francisco Tarazona Torán is sometimes credited with 5 vistories
(Polák, Tomáš: c.d.). Francisco Tarazona Torán was born in Mexico, his parents were from Spain, when the Civil War started ne volunteer and became squadron leader of the 3rd Escuadrilla of the 11th Escuadron of Fuerzas Aéreas de la República Española. He also join the soviet airforce (Vojenno vozdušnyje sily RKKA) during WWII. Tarazona wrote a book titled "Yo fui piloto de caza rojo" - "I was a red fighter pilot". |
| 5. | Russian emigrant (Šnajdr, Miroslav: Hořící Španělsko (*), Votobia, Olomouc 2001). |
| 6. | Andres García de la Calle is sometimes credited with 10 vistories (Šnajdr, Miroslav: Soumrak stíhacích dvouplošníků /1, Španělsko 1936-1937 (**), Votobia, Olomouc 1999, p. 25). |
| 7. | This battle result is sometimes recognized as the first aerial victory during the Spanish Civil War. (Šnajdr, Miroslav: c.d. (**), p. 15). |
| Esc. | - Escuadrilla |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Manuel Zarauza Claver 23 victories +7 during World War II |
Leopoldo Morquillas Rubio 21 victories |
Manuel Aguirre López 11 victories |
Manuel Rovira Orosko 10 victories |
Sources & Literature
- Researcher G. P. Raul
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