Spanish volunteers in Russia

[Pawel Burchard]

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

[Tony Jones]

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

[Pawel Burchard]

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

[Tony Jones]

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

[Pawel Burchard]

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

Kind regards,
Pawel

[Tony Jones]

Pawel

I got my copy from
L'AeroTecha, Barcelona

www.aeroteca.com

I don't know if they are still about

[jad]

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

[Pawel Burchard]

Hallo jad, thank you a lot.

Kind regards,
Pawel