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Date: | Thursday 6 August 1936 |
Time: | |
Type: | Hispano-Nieuport NiD.52 |
Owner/operator: | Spanish Republican Aviation |
Registration: | Unknown |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | San Rafael, Segovia, Spain -
Spain
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Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | APT Barajas Madrid |
Destination airport: | APT Barajas Madrid |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:1.shooting down by plane friend, confusion or desertion. Captain Juan Antonio Méndez Iriarte
2.One of the first blue-on-blue incidents of the war. J.Antonio Méndez was a patrol Commander and one of the most respected and qualified pilots. He was shot down by the other patrol Commander, Rafael Peña with another Nieuport 52
Sources:
1.Ejército del Aire
2.Revista Aeroplano "El Hispano-Nieuport 52 en la Guerra Civil Española"
Lluis Corominas IHCA 2006 Pag 48
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
29-Apr-2018 10:10 |
Icarus |
Added |
29-Apr-2018 11:11 |
Icarus |
Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
29-Apr-2018 13:01 |
Anon. |
Updated [Operator] |
30-Apr-2018 08:23 |
Icarus |
Updated [Narrative] |
18-Dec-2021 20:29 |
volman |
Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Source, Narrative] |