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| Date: | Thursday 1 April 1937 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Heinkel He-51 |
| Owner/operator: | Legion Condor - Aviación Nacional |
| Registration: | 2-? |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Marin (Eskoiartza)(Guipuzcoa) -
 Spain
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
Heinkel 51 shot down by ground fire. The aircraft (1.J/88) performed an attack to Republican positions in Aramayona and was hit by light firearms, falling in flames. Leutnant W. August Blankenagel could bail out, but he was shot and killed while landing
Sources:
1.Revista Aeroplano Nº 8 "Los chatos en España (II) - La Escuadrilla "Vasca""
Estanislao Abellán Agius Pag 50
IHCA 1990 Pag 53
2.Sterbe für Spanien: Casualties of the Condor Legion in
the Basque Country (1936-1937).
Xabier Herrero y Josu Santamarina
Sancho el Sabio, Extra 1, 2018 Pag 131
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Jan-2022 19:43 | volman | Added |
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