Spanish volunteers in Russia
 

I wonder if war diary of the Spanish volunteer fighter squadron or maybe it's pilots logbooks are preserved in some Spanish official organisation?

Kind regards,
Pawel Burchard

Re: Spanish volunteers in Russia
 

Pawel

You ned to get a copy of the excelent booklet Aeroplano No 2, the section yiu need is "Actuacion en Rusia de las Escuadrillas Expdeicionarias Espanols" by Jesus Salas Larrazabal, General de Aviacion

Re: Spanish volunteers in Russia
 

Thank you Tony, have you got this booklet? Could you tell me how detailed is the account on activities of the 4th Squadron (Fw 190s) in 1943?

Regards,
Pawel

Re: Spanish volunteers in Russia
 

Pawel

I have this booklet and still available from Spain.

The text all in Spanish so I can't read a single word of it, however there is a lot on the Fw 190 and the all Escuadrilla, including the 4th , history of "La Operacion "Ciudadela", with photos, maps etc, The "Jefe" of the 4th was El Comandante Cuadra. There is a table with all the pilots of the 4th from July 1943 to "Ene" 1944, against the pilot names in the table are 1+5. 3+1 etc but no idea what this is all about as not in english, possibly the Fw 190 serials or "kills and damaged" as in some months there is a 0. There is also "vuelve a Espana" which I assume to mean returned to Spain

Tony

Re: Spanish volunteers in Russia
 

Tony, thank you a lot. Any hints where to order the book?

Kind regards,
Pawel

Re: Spanish volunteers in Russia
 

Pawel

I got my copy from
L'AeroTecha, Barcelona

www.aeroteca.com

I don't know if they are still about

Re: Spanish volunteers in Russia
 

The meaining of the numbers:

3+1: 3 aircrafts shot down on the air, 1 shot down on land

Yo can obtain numbers 1-21 from aeroplano magazine (free) at:

http://www.ejercitodelaire.mde.es/(G...F/segunda.html

Re: Spanish volunteers in Russia
 

Hallo jad, thank you a lot.

Kind regards,
Pawel