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Date: | xx Jan 1939 |
Time: | |
Type: | Avia 51 |
Owner/operator: | Fuerzas Aereas Republica Española (FARE) |
Registration: | TA-003 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Sabadell Airfield -
Spain
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Phase: | Standing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Avia 51 was one of the only trhee exemplars of the type acquired by the Spanish Republic to a Czech airline. Generally based in La Torrecica airfield, Albacete, for the Escuadrilla de Transportes, the aircraft was flown to the Catalonian zone in January 1939 and it was destroyed there, by a Legión Condor bomb action. The wreckage was found by Nationalist forces when they occuped the Sabadell airfield in January 1939
Sources:
Enciclopedia de la Aviación Militar Española Vol III
Alcañiz-Fresno Pgs 934-935-936
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
04-Dec-2021 20:29 |
volman |
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