 | Interesting site on aircraft of the Spanish Civil War| Aviation Discuss Interesting site on aircraft of the Spanish Civil War in the World War II - Aviation forums; Spanish Civil War Aircraft
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01-09-2007, 12:54 PM
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| Interesting site on aircraft of the Spanish Civil War
Spanish Civil War Aircraft
It seems that a huge variety of aircraft took part
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01-09-2007, 01:01 PM
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Country:  | Interesting site. I'll have to look at it in detail tonight. Thanks for the post. | |
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01-09-2007, 01:12 PM
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Country:  | a very comprihensive list, more nations than i thought found their aircraft over there even if only by ones and twos in some cases.........
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01-09-2007, 01:16 PM
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Country: | Maintenance on all these types must have been a logistical nightmare!
Interesting site, though. | |
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01-09-2007, 01:28 PM
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Country: | yes i'd imagine most were gounded for want of spares/decent maintenance.........
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01-09-2007, 03:07 PM
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Country: | Interesting site! A lot more types than I thought served/made an appearance in the Spanish Civil war.
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01-09-2007, 03:43 PM
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Country: | well a lot of the types it says there were only one of so i wouldn't even count them really...........
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01-10-2007, 08:16 AM
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Country:  | Cool good site. I did not know that WW1 era aircraft were still being used by the Spanish.
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01-10-2007, 11:21 AM
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01-12-2007, 12:57 PM
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#10 | | Master of Ewes
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Country: | you mean B-29s dropped nukes in the Spainish Civil War  i'd imagine no more than 5 or 6.............
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01-14-2007, 08:56 PM
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Country:  | So Germany was using the Spanish Civil War as a testing ground for its equipment was it? Quite interesting I knew that but I didn't know that any or many familiar planes now had been around then. Adds some interest to the defeat of those who didn't want Franco in, in Spain. | |
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01-15-2007, 10:27 PM
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Country: | I knew there were a few familiar planes that saw action in the Spanish Civil War but I didn't know there was that many... | |
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01-16-2007, 06:29 AM
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Originally Posted by HealzDevo  I knew there were a few familiar planes that saw action in the Spanish Civil War but I didn't know there was that many... | Both sides, especially the Republicans grabbed anything they could.
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01-20-2007, 03:49 PM
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