Joaquín García Morato
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Joaquín García-Morato y Castaño, 1st Count of Jarama was a fighter pilot for Nationalist Spain who had the highest number of aerial victories of the Spanish Civil War. He is credited with 40 aerial vi
Aviación franquista durante la Guerra Civil Española
Nieuport-Delage NiD 52
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The Nieuport-Delage NiD 52 was a French fighter aircraft of the 1920s. A single-engined sesquiplane, it served with the Spanish Air Force, being operated by both sides of the Spanish Civil War.
Joaquín García Morato
…was on holiday in England when the Civil War began. Hastening home to join the Nationalist cause, he gained his first victory on 12 August 1936 in a Nieuport-Delage 52, shooting down one of three Vickers Vildebeest over Antequera. He then flew one of the first Heinkel He 51s received from Germany. Flying this aircraft…
A NiD 52 of the French Air Force