Aviación Nacional
The terms "Aviación Nacional" ("Nationalist Aviation"), "Fuerza Aérea Nacional" ("Nationalist Air Force") and "Ejército Nacional del Aire" ("Nationalist Army of the Air") refer to military air units supporting General Franco against the Second Spanish Republic in the Spanish Civil War and includes:
- The Nationalist side of the Spanish Air Force made up of planes supplied by Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy and by aircraft captured from the Spanish Republican Air Force
- Condor Legion of Nazi Germany
- Aviazione Legionaria of Fascist Italy[1]
| Aviación Nacional | |
|---|---|
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| Active | 1936–1939 |
| Engagements | Spanish Civil War |
| Insignia | |
| Roundel |  |
| Alternate roundel |    |
| Fin flash |  |
A Caudron C.286 of the Nationalist Spanish Air Force
At the end of the war, the air force was reorganised into the current iteration of the Spanish Air Force.
References
Bibliography
- Arraez Cerda, Juan (December 2001). "Les avions polonais de l'aviation nationaliste: PWS-10 et RWD-13" [Polish Aircraft of the Nationalist Air Force: The PWS-10 and RWD-13]. Avions: Toute l'Aéronautique et son histoire (in French) (105): 38–43. ISSN 1243-8650.
- Green, William & Swanborough, Gordon. "Soviet Flies in Spanish Skies". Air Enthusiast Quarterly, No. 1, n.d., pp. 1–16. ISSN 0143-5450
- Howson, Gerald (August–November 1990). "Fokker's Trimotors Go to War". Air Enthusiast (13): 43–49. ISSN 0143-5450.
External links
Media related to Spanish Nationalist Air Force at Wikimedia Commons
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