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| Date: | Wednesday 24 August 1938 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | FIAT CR.32 |
| Owner/operator: | Aviación Nacional |
| Registration: | Unknown |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Fayón (Zaragoza) -
 Spain
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| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
CR.32 "Chirri" was shot down during operations in the Ebro Battle. The pilot, Capitán Julio Salvador Díaz-Benjumea credited with 26 individual Victories and chief leader of fighter Squadron 1-E-3 fell down by Republican ace José Mª Bravo Fernández (Polikarpov I-16, 3ª Escuadrilla Grupo 21). He survived and became POW until the end of the war.
Sources:
1.Osprey Publishing - Aircraft of the Aces 94 - Fiat CR-32 Aces of the Spanish Civil War
Alfredo Logaluso - 2010 Pg 79
2.Osprey Publishing - Aircraft of the Aces 106 - Spanish Republican Aces
Rafael A. Permuy López - 2012
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Dec-2021 17:24 | volman | Added |
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