"Spanish Blue squadrons in Russia" Topic
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| Richard Baber | 23 May 2023 7:44 a.m. PST |
I`ve posted a short piece about the volunteer Spanish air squadrons on the eastern front over on my blog:
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| Son of MOOG | 23 May 2023 9:48 a.m. PST |
Very interesting. Thanks for posting. |
 deadhead  | 23 May 2023 1:02 p.m. PST |
Well I for one had no idea that Spanish pilots contributed to the war in the East. The Blue Division sure, but not air. To then read about their fellow Spaniard Republicans flying against them….fascinating. Like Jewish pilots flying 109s against Spitfires, Spitfires against Spitfires, Hurricanes on the "wrong side" (dodgy that), Spitfires shooting down Hurricanes….they all happened somewhere some time. Lots more like that. |
| 79thPA | 23 May 2023 6:57 p.m. PST |
Pretty short rotations, especially for the first two squadrons. I imagine the goal of the Spanish was to get modern combat experience for as many pilots as possible. |
| Cuprum2 | 23 May 2023 7:16 p.m. PST |
"Hurricanes" fought against the USSR as part of the Finnish and Romanian armies. |
| 21eRegt | 24 May 2023 11:17 a.m. PST |
Interesting piece, thanks for sharing. |
| Bill N | 24 May 2023 4:48 p.m. PST |
Thank you for sharing Richard. Also interesting side not Cuprum2 |
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makes corrections when some models don't turn out the way he expected!
