Spanish Republican Aces (Aircraft of the Aces)

López Permuy, Rafael A/ López Caeiro, Julio (ILT)/ Postlethwaite, Mark (ILT)

Osprey Publishing（2012/06発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 96 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781849086684
• DDC分類 946.08148

Full Description

The first book published in English to focus exclusively on the exploits of the fighter aces of the Aviación Militar in their fight against the elite pilots of the better armed Nationalist force.

At the start of the Spanish Civil War, most young fighter pilot officers joined the rebels, while the high ranking officers, grupo or escuadrilla commanders, and the NCOs, sergeants and corporals remained loyal to the government. Mostly flying the obsolete Nieuport Ni.52s these loyalists were soon outpaced by the more modern Fiat CR.32s and Heinkel He 51s.

However, at this early stage of the war, there were several Republican airmen who became aces and famous in the process, despite the small numbers of enemy aircraft shot down. Widely speaking, the Republican military aviation did not keep an exhaustive record of individual shooting claims. However, sufficient documentation exists to make a reasonable assumption as to which pilots fall into the ace category.

This volume details the exploits of those pilots, ideal for fans of previous works in the Osprey Aircraft of the Aces series on Nationalist CR.32 Aces and Polikarpov I-15, I-16 and I-152 Aces.

Contents

The Republican Fighter Force in 1936-37
The Escuadra de Caza nº 11
Fighter Pilots in the North
Chato Pilots
Mosca Pilots
Nightfighter Pilots

Appendices
-Technical specification and performance tables for all fighter types serving in Spain
-List of Top Scoring pilots in the Spanish Republican Aviation
-Colour Plates Commentary
-Selected bibliography