SPAIN
World War II
Vojenno Vozdušnyje Sily SSSR / Военно-воздушные силы Советского Союза
NAME VICTORIES UNITS COMMENTS Lario Sanchez, Juan 35 [27+8] 108, 127, 348 IAP +7 SpCW Beltran, Vicente 20 960 IAP PVO 1., 1 by ramming Merońo Pellicer, Francisco 20 960 IAP +7 SpCW Pascual Santamaria, José 14 283, 788 IAP +6 SpCW Zarauza Claver, Manuel 7 961, 481 IAP +23 SpCW García Cano, Antonio 6+ 1 IAB, 573 IAP PVO Bonilla, Domingo 5+ 178 IAP Larranaga, José Luis 5 591 IAP Sánchez Montes, José 4 Ménu, Andrés Fierro 2 439 IAP +7 SpCW Uribe, Antonio 2 36 IAD Arias, Antonio 2 [1+1] 283, 964, 439 IAP +9+6 SpCW, 2. Duarte, Espes Ladislao - 740 IAP Gisbert, Manuel - 70 IAP PVO Morquillas Rubio, Leopoldo - +21 SpCW Orosko, Manuel Rovira - PVO +10 SpCW
| 1. | Victory count probably includes individual + shared and possibly some victories claimed during the Spanish Civil War. |
| 2. | Antonio Arias is sometimes credited with 16 confirmed victories during Spanish Civil War (Foreign WW2 fighter aces in Soviet VVS and PVO service, War is Over, http://wio.ru/aces/acenn2.htm). |
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| Juan Lario Sanchez 27+8 victories +7 during Spanish Civil War |
Manuel Zarauza Claver 7 victories +23 during Spanish Civil War |
Sources & Literature
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