Fiat Cr 32 Aces of the Spanish Civil War

Informationen zum Autor Alfredo Logoluso is an aeronautical engineer and formerly an officer the missile Air Defence section of the Italian Air Force. He has worked in both the military and civil aerospace industries. For many years he has researched the aeronautical history of the Spanish Civil War, writing numerous articles for Italy's specialist press on the subject. One of his primary contacts is Angelo Emiliani, who was the first Italian researcher to document the air war in Spain. Klappentext 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.An operational history of the most successful fighter plane of the Spanish Civil War. Zusammenfassung The CR 32 Falco was a handsome and highly manoeuvrable biplane fighter. By the war's end, the five leading aces of the conflict were all Spanish CR 32 pilots. This title examines their exploits, and those of the other leading CR 32 aces. Inhaltsverzeichnis Blue Arena Fighter Escalation Forming of the Aviazione Legionaria Unit Reorganisation War continues eastward Last battles Nationalist Victory Appendices Colour plates commentary Index

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• Autori: Alfredo Logoluso, Logoluso Alfredo
• Con la collaborazione di: Richard Caruana (Illustrazione), Caruana Richard (Illustrazione), Postlethwaite Mark (Illustrazione), Styling Mark (Illustrazione)
• Editore: Osprey Publishers
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 10.07.2010
• EAN: 9781846039836
• ISBN: 978-1-84603-983-6
• Pagine: 96
• Dimensioni: 185 mm x 250 mm x 10 mm
• Serie: Aircraft of the Aces; Aircraft Of The Aces; Aircraft of the Aces (Osprey)
• Categorie: Saggistica; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Politica e sua amministrazione; European History, HISTORY / Military / General, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / Military / Aviation, HISTORY / Europe / Spain & Portugal, Aviation, Air forces & warfare, Warfare & defence, Air forces and warfare, Modern warfare, c 1919 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), 1936–1939 (Spanish Civil War period), Civil wars, HISTORY / Military / Aviation & Space, HISTORY / Europe / Spain, HISTORY / Military / Civil Wars