One of its escuadrillas, commanded by capitán José Méndez Iriarte, was posted to Madrid. The third fighter unit, Grupo de Caza N o 12, based at Armilla (near Granada), had been disbanded a few days before the military uprising. Most of the Aeronáutica Naval aircraft, the 27 Vickers Vildebeests, seven Dornier Wal and nearly 30 Savoia S-62 seaplanes, twelve old Martinsyde F.4 fighters and seven Hispano E.30 trainers, remained loyal to the government at the San Javier, Barcelona and Mahón bases. Douglas DC-2s and all training aircraft were at Cuatro Vientos, Los Alcázares and Alcalá de Henares. Initially, the Republican Government had more than half of the Breguet XIXs of Grupo N o 31 and all of the Nieuport 52 C1s of Grupos de caza N o 11 at Getafe (near Madrid) and N o 13 at El Prat de Llobregat (near Barcelona), while the Fokker F.VII 3ms and L. The Spanish Civil War started on 17 July.įuerza Aérea de la República Española - Republican Air Force Håkans Aviation page – Air War in the Spanish Civil War 1936
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