Description

An operational history of the most successful fighter plane of the Spanish Civil War, and the aces that flew it.

The CR.32 Falco was a handsome and highly manoeuvrable biplane fighter. During General Franco's fight with the Republicans for the control of Spain from 1936 – 39, no fewer than 477 CR.32s were involved, with an astounding 709 confirmed aerial victories, and an additional 320 kills claimed, for just 62 losses. As these statistics reveal, the CR.32 was the unrivalled master of the skies over Spain.

By the war's end, the five leading aces of the conflict were all Spanish CR.32 pilots. Their exploits, and those of the other leading CR.32 aces, are examined for the first time in English in this exciting volume.

Table of Contents

Blue Arena
Fighter Escalation
Forming of the Aviazione Legionaria
Unit Reorganisation
War continues eastward
Last battles
Nationalist Victory
Appendices
Colour plates commentary
Index

Product details

Published 20 Feb 2013
Format Ebook (PDF)
Edition 1st
Extent 96
ISBN 9781846039843
Imprint Osprey Publishing
Illustrations 80 b/w; 36 col
Series Aircraft of the Aces
Short code ACE 94
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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Author

Alfredo Logoluso

Alfredo Logoluso is an aeronautical engineer and f…

Illustrator

Richard Caruana

Richard Caruana is a Malta-based artist whose prof…

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Mark Postlethwaite

Mark Postlethwaite was born in Leicestershire in 1…

Illustrator

Mark Styling

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